Where does “-во́” come from?

-во́ (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic -vъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was, from Proto-Indo-European -wós — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

-во́ (Ukrainian): ing, -ence, etc. suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs

Definitions

  1. ing, -ence, etc. suffix used to form abstract nouns from verbs

Ancestry of “-во́”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-vъFrom thematic declension of u-stem...
2Proto-Balto-Slavic*-was—
3Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “-во́”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Proto-Slavic -vъ →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-was →