Where does “średniak” come from?

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

średniak (Polish): lightweight, mediocre man, middlebrow, second-rater, small change

Definitions

  1. lightweight, mediocre man, middlebrow, second-rater, small change

Ancestry of “średniak”, step by step

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