Where does “nornik” come from?

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

nornik (Polish): any vole of the genus Microtus

Definitions

  1. any vole of the genus Microtus

Ancestry of “nornik”, 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,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъEvery word from Polish -nikEvery word from Old Polish -nik