Where does “odstřelovač” come from?

odstřelovač (Czech) comes from Czech -ač, from Old Czech -ač, from Proto-Slavic -ačь — Denominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...

odstřelovač (Czech): sniper a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position

Definitions

  1. sniper a person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position

Ancestry of “odstřelovač”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czech-ača suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er...
2Old Czech-ača suffix used to form agent nouns, similar to -er and -or
3Proto-Slavic-ačьDenominal, forming nouns denoting a carrier of a...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ačь →Every word from Czech -ač →Every word from Old Czech -ač →