Where does “безбожник” come from?

безбожник (Russian) comes from Russian -ник, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

безбожник (Russian): atheist

Definitions

  1. atheist

Ancestry of “безбожник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-никSuffix appended to nominal stems to create a...
2Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
3Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Words derived from “безбожник”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Russian -ник →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →