Where does “керівний” come from?

керівний (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -івни́й, from Ukrainian -о́вий, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

керівний (Ukrainian): governing

Definitions

  1. governing

Ancestry of “керівний”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-івни́йforms adjectives from verbs
2Ukrainian-о́вийUsed to form; -y
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Ukrainian -о́вий →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →