Where does “vesňák” come from?

vesňák (Old Slovak) comes from Polish wieśniak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

vesňák (Old Slovak): villager

Definitions

  1. villager

Ancestry of “vesňák”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwieśniakvillager
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Polish wieśniak →