Where does “-ов” come from?

-ов (Ukrainian) comes from Russian -о́в, from Old East Slavic -овъ, from Proto-Slavic -ovъ — of, belonging to.

Ancestry of “-ов”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
2Old East Slavic-овъ—
3Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to

Words derived from “-ов”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Old East Slavic -овъ →