Where does “пѣнѧжьникъ” come from?

пѣнѧжьникъ (Old Church Slavonic) comes from Old Church Slavonic пѣнѧѕь, from Proto-Slavic pěnędzь, from Old High German phenning, from Old High German phendi(n)g.

пѣнѧжьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): money changer

Definitions

  1. money changer

Ancestry of “пѣнѧжьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпѣнѧѕьpenny
2Proto-Slavicpěnędzьcoin, money
3Old High Germanphenninga kind of coin
4Old High Germanphendi(n)g—
Every word from Old High German phendi(n)g →Every word from Old High German phenning →Every word from Proto-Slavic pěnędzь →