Where does “sveštenik” come from?
sveštenik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Old Church Slavonic свѧщеникъ, from Old Church Slavonic -ьникъ, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
sveštenik (Serbo-Croatian): priest; Orthodox priest
Ancestry of “sveštenik”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old Church Slavonic | свѧщеникъ | priest |
| 2 | Old Church Slavonic | -ьникъ | Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a... |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | -ьnikъ | From base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -ikъ | *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →... |