Where does “поустиньникъ” come from?

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

поустиньникъ (Old Church Slavonic): hermit who lives in the desert

Definitions

  1. hermit who lives in the desert

Ancestry of “поустиньникъ”, 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 →...

Words derived from “поустиньникъ”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →