Where does “жебра́к” come from?

жебра́к (Ukrainian) comes from Polish żebrak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

жебра́к (Ukrainian): beggar, mendicant

Definitions

  1. beggar, mendicant

Ancestry of “жебра́к”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishżebrakbeggar
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

Words derived from “жебра́к”

Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Polish żebrak →