On the last names of my Slavic pals, what do suffixes like "chuk", "ovich and "sky" mean?
2007-01-12 00:31:42 · 4 answers · asked by Willster 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
-ovich is a suffix that is 'son of' like Mac/Mc/-sen/-son in other languages. -sky is a suffix indicating origin. I am not sure about -chuk since I think that is more Ukrainian and I didn't study that one. I imagine it is also a suffix for place of origin or something similar.
2007-01-13 10:32:08 · answer #1 · answered by elf2002 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably the same thing it does in some other cultures, male and female suffixes. Icelanders use "-son" and "-dottir" as suffixes.
In Czech, "-ova" is a suffix for females which is dropped when they get married. Martina Navratilova never became Martina Navratil because she never got married. I wouldn't be surprised if it's the same elsewhere.
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2007-01-12 00:42:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, those suffixes don't mean anything on their own, they're just modifiers.
2007-01-12 00:47:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slavic Surnames
2017-02-25 09:13:53 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋