Where does “странник” come from?

странник (Russian) comes from Russian страна́, from Old East Slavic страна, from Old Church Slavonic страна, from Proto-Slavic stornà — side, land.

странник (Russian): wanderer, traveller; vagrant, vagabond, rover,...

Definitions

  1. wanderer, traveller; vagrant, vagabond, rover,...

Ancestry of “странник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianстрана́country, region
2Old East Slavicстранаside
3Old Church Slavonicстранаside; country, region
4Proto-Slavicstornàside, land

Words derived from “странник”

Every word from Proto-Slavic stornà →Every word from Old Church Slavonic страна →Every word from Old East Slavic страна →