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[Surname] Slavic endings
by Ivayla (guest)
3/25/2004, 7:34 PM
in reply to a message by Yannis
-ov/-ev/-ic are the common Slavic endings. The endings -evski/ovski were instituted in Macedonia in the 1940s to help ethnic Macedonians differentiate themselves from Serbs and Bulgarians.
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•Slavic endings  ·  Ivayla  ·  3/25/2004, 7:34 PM
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