Where does “-ал” come from?

-ал (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian -а́ль, from Ukrainian -ль, from Ukrainian -ь, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

-ал (Ukrainian): unproductive suffix to form an animate masculine noun, usually denoting an agent

Definitions

  1. unproductive suffix to form an animate masculine noun, usually denoting an agent

Ancestry of “-ал”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-а́льafter historically velar and palatal consonants
2Ukrainian-льUnproductive deverbal suffix used to form nouns denoting a product or a result
3Ukrainian-ь—
4Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
5Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ь →Every word from Ukrainian -ь →