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Where does “-nik” come from?

-nik (Lower Sorbian) comes from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

Ancestry of “-nik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

Words derived from “-nik”

  • wuknik
  • wołojnik
  • casnik
  • sudnikaŕ
  • sudnik
  • łakomnik
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