Where does “ученик” come from?
ученик (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ик, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
ученик (Serbo-Croatian): pupil
Ancestry of “ученик”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -ик | Suffix appended to words to create a masculine... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |