Where does “Chmielnicki” come from?
Chmielnicki (Polish) comes from Polish Chmielnik, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Chmielnicki (Polish): Khmelnytskyi
Definitions
- Khmelnytskyi
Ancestry of “Chmielnicki”, step by step
Chmielnicki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Polish Chmielnik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | Chmielnik | — |
| 2 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 3 | Old Polish | -nik | forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |
via Ukrainian Хмельни́цький
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | Хмельни́цький | Khmelnytskyi city in Ukraine |
| 2 | Ukrainian | -ни́й | Used to form adjectives from nouns; -ish, -y |