Where does “djelatnik” come from?

djelatnik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian djelatan, from Serbo-Croatian -at, from German -at, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

djelatnik (Serbo-Croatian): employee

Definitions

  1. employee

Ancestry of “djelatnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatiandjelatanactive
2Serbo-Croatian-atUsed on nominal and verbal stems of loanwords,...
3German-at-ate
4Latin-ātused
5Proto-Italic-ātos—
6Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from German -at →