Where does “spowiednik” come from?
spowiednik (Polish) comes from Old Polish spowiednik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
spowiednik (Polish): confessor
Definitions
- confessor
Ancestry of “spowiednik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Polish | spowiednik | follower of Christ |
| 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,... |