Where does “בעזבאָזשניק” come from?

בעזבאָזשניק (Yiddish) comes from Russian безбожник, from Russian -ник, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

בעזבאָזשניק (Yiddish): atheist

Definitions

  1. atheist

Ancestry of “בעזבאָזשניק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianбезбожникatheist
2Russian-никSuffix appended to nominal stems to create a...
3Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
4Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →Every word from Russian -ник →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →