Where does “-ník” come from?

-ník (Czech) comes from Old Czech -ník, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

-ník (Czech): Nominal suffix

Definitions

  1. Nominal suffix

Ancestry of “-ník”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Czech-níknominal suffix
2Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
3Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Words derived from “-ník”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →Every word from Old Czech -ník →
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