Where does “gąsienicznik” come from?

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

gąsienicznik (Polish): any wasp of the genus Ichneumon

Definitions

  1. any wasp of the genus Ichneumon

Ancestry of “gąsienicznik”, 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 →