Where does “-ok” come from?

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

-ok (Polish): forms masculine nouns, sometimes with a derogatory connotation

Definitions

  1. forms masculine nouns, sometimes with a derogatory connotation

Ancestry of “-ok”, 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...

Words derived from “-ok”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Old Polish -ak →