Where does “nastawnik” come from?

nastawnik (Polish) comes from Polish nastawić, from Polish na-, from Old Polish na-, from Proto-Slavic na- — on.

nastawnik (Polish): controller, adjuster, setter

Definitions

  1. controller, adjuster, setter

Ancestry of “nastawnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishnastawićto set, to adjust, to regulate
2Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
3Old Polishna-added to verbs to make them perfective
4Proto-Slavicna-on

Words derived from “nastawnik”

Every word from Proto-Slavic na- →Every word from Polish na- →Every word from Old Polish na- →
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