Where does “־ניק” come from?
־ניק (Hebrew) comes from Yiddish ־ניק, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
־ניק (Hebrew): -nik, -er
Ancestry of “־ניק”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Yiddish | ־ניק | -nik, -er |
| 2 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 3 | Old Polish | -nik | — |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |