Where does “bałamutnik” come from?

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

bałamutnik (Polish): wheedler, philanderer, charmer

Definitions

  1. wheedler, philanderer, charmer

Ancestry of “bałamutnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-nik-er
2Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
3Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →