Where does “suwnica” come from?
suwnica (Polish) comes from Polish -nica, from Old Polish -nica, from Proto-Slavic *-ьnica.
suwnica (Polish): gantry, gauntry
Ancestry of “suwnica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Polish | -nica | female equivalent of -nik |
| 2 | Old Polish | -nica | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | *-ьnica | — |