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Where does “Olejnik” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Olejnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-nik-er
2Old Polish-nik—
3Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →