Where does “-еник” come from?

-еник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ukrainian -ик, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

-еник (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine...

Ancestry of “-еник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainian-икer, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist
2Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

Words derived from “-еник

Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъEvery word from Ukrainian -ик
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