Where does “-ськ” come from?

-ськ (Ukrainian) comes from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iskos — Characteristic of, typical of, pertaining to.

-ськ (Ukrainian): ia, a suffix used in place names

Definitions

  1. ia, a suffix used in place names

Ancestry of “-ськ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьskъ-ic, -ish
2Proto-Indo-European-iskosCharacteristic of, typical of, pertaining to

Words derived from “-ськ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iskos →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьskъ →