Where does “жабрак” come from?

жабрак (Belarusian) comes from Polish żebrak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

жабрак (Belarusian): (male) beggar

Definitions

  1. (male) beggar

Ancestry of “жабрак”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżebrakbeggar
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Polish żebrak →