Where does “חניפֿהניק” come from?

חניפֿהניק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ניק, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

חניפֿהניק (Yiddish): flatterer

Definitions

  1. flatterer

Ancestry of “חניפֿהניק”, step by step

חניפֿהניק traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Yiddish ־ניק

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddish־ניק-nik, -er
2Polish-nik-er
3Old Polish-nikforms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device
4Proto-Slavic-nikъFrom the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...

via Yiddish חניפֿה

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishחניפֿהflattery
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъEvery word from Polish -nikEvery word from Old Polish -nik