Where does “-ни́к” come from?

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

-ни́к (Russian): Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a professional, performer, adherent, place, object, tool or a feature

Ancestry of “-ни́к”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
2Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Words derived from “-ни́к”

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