Where does “позволить” come from?

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

позволить (Russian): to allow, to permit

Definitions

  1. to allow, to permit

Ancestry of “позволить”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpozwolićto allow, to permit, to consent to; to not bar,...
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,...

Words derived from “позволить”

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