Where does “свештеник” come from?

свештеник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеникъ, from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

свештеник (Serbo-Croatian): priest; Orthodox priest

Definitions

  1. priest; Orthodox priest

Ancestry of “свештеник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Church Slavonicсвѧщеникъpriest
2Old Church Slavonic-ьникъSuffix appended to nominal stems to create a...
3Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
4Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →
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