Where does “завистьникъ” come from?

завистьникъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

завистьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): envious person

Definitions

  1. envious person

Ancestry of “завистьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonic-ьникъSuffix appended to nominal stems to create a...
2Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
3Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →