Where does “праздьникъ” come from?

праздьникъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic праздьнъ, from Proto-Slavic porzdьnъ — empty.

праздьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): holiday, feast

Definitions

  1. holiday, feast

Ancestry of “праздьникъ”, step by step

праздьникъ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Church Slavonic праздьнъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпраздьнъempty, vacant; void, unoccupied; vain, idle
2Proto-Slavicporzdьnъempty

via Proto-Slavic *porzdьnikъ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic*porzdьnikъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic porzdьnъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic праздьнъ →