Where does “pasożytnik” come from?

pasożytnik (Polish) comes from Polish pasożyt, from Old Polish pasirzyt, from Old Polish -i-, from Proto-Slavic *-i-.

Ancestry of “pasożytnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpasożytparasite
2Old Polishpasirzytparasite
3Old Polish-i-
4Proto-Slavic*-i-

Words derived from “pasożytnik

Every word from Proto-Slavic *-i-Every word from Old Polish -i-Every word from Old Polish pasirzyt
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