Lexical-derivational types of nouns with the suffix-ище in the ancient Russian-Ukrainian language

Abstract

The article deals with the origin of the suffix -ище  (-išče) and its derivatives -ovišče/-evišče, -лище, -нище, characterizes the peculiarities of their functioning in the Common Slavonic language and ancient Russian-Ukrainian language; it has been proved that the high productivity of this suffix laid down the basis for its increased activity in subsequent periods of language development.