Where does “czestnik” come from?

czestnik (Old Polish) comes from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

czestnik (Old Polish): official, dignitary

Definitions

  1. official, dignitary

Ancestry of “czestnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
2Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъEvery word from Old Polish -nik