Where does “светильник” come from?

светильник (Russian) comes from Russian -льник, from Ukrainian -ль, from Ukrainian -ь, from Proto-Slavic -ь, from Proto-Indo-European -is — Forms nouns from verbs.

светильник (Russian): lamp, light fixture

Definitions

  1. lamp, light fixture

Ancestry of “светильник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russian-льникSuffix appended to nominal stems to create...
2Ukrainian-льUnproductive deverbal suffix used to form nouns denoting a product or a result
3Ukrainian-ь—
4Proto-Slavic-ьForms nouns; From adjectives; From participles
5Proto-Indo-European-isForms nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -is →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ь →Every word from Russian -льник →