Where does “-ник” come from?

-ник (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic -(ь)nikъ.

-ник (Serbo-Croatian): Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a...

Definitions

  1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a...

Ancestry of “-ник”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavic-(ь)nikъ

Words derived from “-ник

Every word from Proto-Slavic -(ь)nikъ