Where does “celnik” come from?

celnik (Silesian) comes from Old Polish celnik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

celnik (Silesian): customs officer

Definitions

  1. customs officer

Ancestry of “celnik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Polishcelniktax collector; tariff collector
2Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
3Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Old Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish celnik →
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