Where does “otkaznik” come from?
otkaznik (English) comes from Russian отказник, from Russian -ни́к, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
otkaznik (English): Synonym of refusenik
Ancestry of “otkaznik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | отказник | otkaznik; refusenik |
| 2 | Russian | -ни́к | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьnikъ | From base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |