Where does “hołdownictwo” come from?

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

hołdownictwo (Polish): vassalage, serfdom

Definitions

  1. vassalage, serfdom

Ancestry of “hołdownictwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishhołdownikvassal, serf, tributary
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 →