Where does “rzecznik” come from?

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

rzecznik (Polish): spokesman; ombudsman

Definitions

  1. spokesman; ombudsman

Ancestry of “rzecznik”, 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 “rzecznik”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →