Where does “исповѣдьникъ” come from?

исповѣдьникъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic исповѣдь, from Old Church Slavonic повѣдь, from Old Church Slavonic вѣдь, from Old Church Slavonic вѣдѣти, from Proto-Slavic věděti, from Proto-Indo-European wóyde, from Proto-Indo-European weyd- — to see.

исповѣдьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): supporter, backer

Definitions

  1. supporter, backer

Ancestry of “исповѣдьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicисповѣдьconfession
2Old Church Slavonicповѣдьteaching
3Old Church Slavonicвѣдьknowledge
4Old Church Slavonicвѣдѣтиto know; to see
5Proto-Slavicvědětito know; to foresee
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwóydeto have seen, to know
7Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “исповѣдьникъ”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wóyde →Every word from Proto-Slavic věděti →