Where does “wielorybnik” come from?

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

wielorybnik (Polish): whaleman, whaler

Definitions

  1. whaleman, whaler

Ancestry of “wielorybnik”, 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 “wielorybnik”

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