Where does “zatočnik” come from?

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

zatočnik (Serbo-Croatian): supporter, defender; hero, champion, especially a...

Definitions

  1. supporter, defender; hero, champion, especially a...

Ancestry of “zatočnik”, step by step

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