Where does “дозволити” come from?

дозволити (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Russian дозво́лить, from Polish dozwolić, from Polish zwolić, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

дозволити (Serbo-Croatian): to allow, permit

Definitions

  1. to allow, permit

Ancestry of “дозволити”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianдозво́литьto permit, to allow, to authorize
2Polishdozwolićto allow, to permit, to consent to
3Polishzwolićto allow, to permit
4Polish-nik-er
5Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
6Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

Words derived from “дозволити

Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъEvery word from Polish -nikEvery word from Old Polish -nik