Where does “wielorybnictwo” come from?

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

wielorybnictwo (Polish): whaling

Definitions

  1. whaling

Ancestry of “wielorybnictwo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwielorybnikwhaleman, whaler
2Polish-nik-er
3Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
4Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъEvery word from Polish -nikEvery word from Old Polish -nik