Where does “pustnic” come from?

pustnic (Romanian) comes from Old Church Slavonic поустиньникъ, from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

pustnic (Romanian): hermit, recluse

Definitions

  1. hermit, recluse

Ancestry of “pustnic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicпоустиньникъhermit who lives in the desert
2Old Church Slavonic-ьникъSuffix appended to nominal stems to create a...
3Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
4Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Words derived from “pustnic

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъEvery word from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъEvery word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ