Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-oviťь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From *-ovъ +‎ *-iťь.

Suffix

*-oviťь m

  1. Forms agent nouns
  2. Forms patronyms and metronyms.

Alternative forms

  • *-eviťь

Declension

Declension of *-oviťь (soft o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-oviťь *-oviťa *-oviťi
genitive *-oviťa *-oviťu *-oviťь
dative *-oviťu *-oviťema *-oviťemъ
accusative *-oviťь *-oviťa *-oviťę̇
instrumental *-oviťьmь, *-oviťemь* *-oviťema *-oviťi
locative *-oviťi *-oviťu *-oviťixъ
vocative *-oviťu *-oviťa *-oviťi

* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Category Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-oviťь not found

Descendants

  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -овичь (-ovičĭ)
      • Old Ruthenian: -овичъ (-ovič)
        • Belarusian: -овіч (-óvič)
        • Russian: -ович (-ovič)
      • Ukrainian: -ович (-ovyč)
    • Old Novgorodian: -овиць (-ovićĭ), -ѥвиць (-jevićĭ)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic: -овищь (-ovištĭ)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -овић
      Latin script: -ović
    • Slovene: -ovič
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Polish: -owic
      • Polish: -owicz (influenced by the east slavic forms)
      • Polish: -owice
      • Polish: -owica
  • Non-Slavic:
    • German: -owitz