Where does “jamisty” come from?

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

jamisty (Polish): cavernous

Definitions

  1. cavernous

Ancestry of “jamisty”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishjamacavity; cave; burrow
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 →