Where does “זונעשניק” come from?

זונעשניק (Yiddish) comes from Ukrainian соняшник, from Ukrainian -ник, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

זונעשניק (Yiddish): sunflower

Definitions

  1. sunflower

Ancestry of “זונעשניק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianсоняшникsunflower; sunflowers
2Ukrainian-ник—
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 Ukrainian -ник →Every word from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ →