Where does “karczownik” come from?

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

karczownik (Polish): water vole

Definitions

  1. water vole

Ancestry of “karczownik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polish-ownikForms masculine nouns
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 -ownik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →
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