Where does “љубавник” come from?
љубавник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -ник, from Proto-Slavic -(ь)nikъ.
љубавник (Serbo-Croatian): lover
Ancestry of “љубавник”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | -ник | Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a... |
| 2 | Proto-Slavic | -(ь)nikъ | — |