Where does “-ови” come from?

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

-ови (Ukrainian): (for surnames)

Definitions

  1. (for surnames)

Ancestry of “-ови”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-ов—
2Russian-о́вGenitive plural desinence of most hard-stem masculine nouns
3Old East Slavic-овъ—
4Proto-Slavic-ovъof, belonging to
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ovъ →Every word from Russian -о́в →Every word from Ukrainian -ов →