Where does “pożarnictwo” come from?

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

pożarnictwo (Polish): firefighting

Definitions

  1. firefighting

Ancestry of “pożarnictwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpożarnikfirefighter
2Polish-nik-er
3Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
4Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →