Where does “cwaniacki” come from?

cwaniacki (Polish) comes from Polish cwaniak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

cwaniacki (Polish): artful, crafty, cunning, shifty, sly

Definitions

  1. artful, crafty, cunning, shifty, sly

Ancestry of “cwaniacki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishcwaniaksly fox
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Polish cwaniak →