Where does “sernik” come from?

sernik (English) comes from Polish sernik, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

sernik (English): A baked Polish type of cheesecake that uses twaróg and is based more on eggs and butter, without cream or sour cream

Definitions

  1. A baked Polish type of cheesecake that uses twaróg and is based more on eggs and butter, without cream or sour cream

Ancestry of “sernik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishsernikcheesecake
2Polish-nik-er
3Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
4Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →