Where does “явище” come from?

явище (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -ище, from Proto-Slavic -išče, from Proto-Slavic isk-je.

явище (Ukrainian): phenomenon

Definitions

  1. phenomenon

Ancestry of “явище”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ищеАttached to nouns to form augmentatives
2Proto-Slavic-iščeDenominal, denoting places or spaces; Denominal,...
3Proto-Slavicisk-je—
Every word from Proto-Slavic isk-je →Every word from Proto-Slavic -išče →Every word from Ukrainian -ище →