Where does “капітанів” come from?

капітанів (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -і́в, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

капітанів (Ukrainian): captain's

Definitions

  1. captain's

Ancestry of “капітанів”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-і́вgenitive/accusative plural desinence of most hard-, velar-, soft-, and semisoft-stem masculine nouns
2Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Ukrainian -і́в →