Where does “поклоньникъ” come from?

поклоньникъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic поклонъ, from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ, from Proto-Slavic klonъ, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

поклоньникъ (Old Church Slavonic): worshipper

Definitions

  1. worshipper

Ancestry of “поклоньникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпоклонъbow
2Proto-Slavic*poklonъbow (as in bowing down)
3Proto-Slavicklonъoffset, protrusion; slope; branch, twig
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →Every word from Proto-Slavic klonъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic *poklonъ →