Where does “zwolenniczka” come from?

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

Ancestry of “zwolenniczka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzwolenniksupporter, follower, partisan
2Polishzwolićto allow, to permit
3Polish-nik-er
4Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
5Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →