Where does “namirnica” come from?

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

namirnica (Serbo-Croatian): foodstuff, grocery

Definitions

  1. foodstuff, grocery

Ancestry of “namirnica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatian-nicafemale equivalent of -nik
2Serbo-Croatian-nīk—
3Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -nīk →Every word from Serbo-Croatian -nica →