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

Definitions

  1. -nik, -er

Ancestry of “־ניק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ניק-nik, -er
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 →