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-vitz
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German
Etymology
de Slavic suffixed deleted by RFD; the preceding vowel -e-/-o- should be included, or the ety needs to be rewritten
From a de sla suffix meaning "son of", such as be -віч -vich, ru -вич -vich, sh -vić, sl -vič, or uk -вич -vych, all from de sla-pro *-vъ + sla-pro *-iťь.
Suffix
de suffix
A surname suffix
See also
-witz
de terms derived from Slavic languages