Where does “budownictwo” come from?

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

budownictwo (Polish): building, construction

Definitions

  1. building, construction

Ancestry of “budownictwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishbudownikbuilder
2Polish-nik-er
3Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
4Proto-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 →