Where does “zwolennik” come from?

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

zwolennik (Polish): supporter, follower, partisan

Definitions

  1. supporter, follower, partisan

Ancestry of “zwolennik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishzwolićto allow, to permit
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,...

Words derived from “zwolennik”

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