Slavish

slavish English en Etymology From en Slav -ish, probably after en de slawisch. Pronunciation en /ˈslɑːvɪʃ/ Adjective en now rare Pertaining to Slavs or the Slavic languages; Slavic. from 19th c. en 1863 Colburn's United Service Magazine Part I, April, p. 559 Some time after he proceeded to the University at Prague, in order to prosecute his studies under Professor Czelakowsky, who had removed from Breslau to the University at Prague, as Professor of Slavish languages. 1924, J. E. DeVos, 1500 Years of Europe, p. 400: The great Russians were first merely a mixture of Swedish, Finnish and Slavish peoples. Noun - Any of various Slavic languages, especially Old Church Slavonic. from 19th c.