Where does “bantownik” come from?

bantownik (Polish) comes from Polish bantować, from Old Polish bantować, from Hungarian bánt, from Hungarian bánik, from Hungarian bán, from Old Hungarian ban.

bantownik (Polish): nosy person

Definitions

nosy person

Ancestry of “bantownik”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Polish	bantować	to punish by beating
2	Old Polish	bantować	to condemn
3	Hungarian	bánt	to hurt, harm; third-person singular indicative...
4	Hungarian	bánik	to treat someone, handle someone, deal with...
5	Hungarian	bán	to mind, to object to, to be bothered by; to...
6	Old Hungarian	ban	—

Every word from Old Hungarian ban →Every word from Hungarian bán →Every word from Hungarian bánik →