Where does “przepowiednik” come from?
przepowiednik (Polish) comes from Old Polish przepowiednik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
przepowiednik (Polish): soothsayer, diviner, predictor
Definitions
- soothsayer, diviner, predictor
Ancestry of “przepowiednik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | przepowiednik | public instructor |
| 2 | Old Polish | -nik | forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |