Where does “-ьникъ” come from?

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

-ьникъ (Old Church Slavonic): Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a...

Ancestry of “-ьникъ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
2Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Words derived from “-ьникъ”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →