Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьskъ

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Proto-Slavic edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-iškas, from Proto-Indo-European *-iskos. Akin to Latvian -isks, Lithuanian -iškas, Proto-Germanic *-iskaz, Latin -iscus, Ancient Greek -ίσκος (-ískos).

Suffix edit

*-ьskъ

  1. -ic, -ish; characteristic of, typical of

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Descendants edit

Only the definite form of the adjective survives in most languages. However, the indefinite form was still present in Old Church Slavonic.