Where does “jama” come from?

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

jama (Polish): cavity; cave; burrow

Definitions

  1. cavity; cave; burrow

Ancestry of “jama”, 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,...

Words derived from “jama”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →
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