Where does “naśladownik” come from?
naśladownik (Polish) comes from Polish naśladować, from Polish na-, from Old Polish na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.
naśladownik (Polish): imitator, mimic, copycat
Definitions
- imitator, mimic, copycat
Ancestry of “naśladownik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polish | naśladować | to imitate, to ape, to copycat, to emulate, to follow, to mimic |
| 2 | Polish | na- | added to verbs to make them perfective |
| 3 | Old Polish | na- | added to verbs to make them perfective |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | na- | on |