Where does “-nik” come from?

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

-nik (Polish): -er

Definitions

  1. -er

Ancestry of “-nik”, 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,...

Words derived from “-nik”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →