Where does “poselnik” come from?

poselnik (Polish) comes from Polish posłać, from Polish po-, from Old Polish po-, from Proto-Slavic po- — after.

poselnik (Polish): companion of a courting farmhand

Definitions

  1. companion of a courting farmhand

Ancestry of “poselnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishposłaćto send away, to pack off, to ship off
2Polishpo-Prepended to imperfective verbs to form iterative...
3Old Polishpo-perfectivizing prefix
4Proto-Slavicpo-after
Every word from Proto-Slavic po- →Every word from Polish po- →Every word from Old Polish po- →
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