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Where does “maloumnik” come from?

maloumnik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian -nīk, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

maloumnik (Serbo-Croatian): feeble-minded person; moron, imbecile, idiot

Definitions

  1. feeble-minded person; moron, imbecile, idiot

Ancestry of “maloumnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-nīk—
2Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
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