Where does “plemnik” come from?

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

plemnik (Polish): sperm cell, spermatozoon

Definitions

  1. sperm cell, spermatozoon

Ancestry of “plemnik”, 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,...

Words derived from “plemnik

Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъEvery word from Polish -nikEvery word from Old Polish -nik