Where does “לשון־הרעניק” come from?

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

לשון־הרעניק (Yiddish): gossip person who gossips

Definitions

  1. gossip person who gossips

Ancestry of “לשון־הרעניק”, step by step

לשון־הרעניק 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 לשון־הרע

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Yiddishלשון־הרעgossip talk about other people
2Hebrewלשון הרעslander; libel; lashon hara/loshon hora
Every word from Proto-Slavic -nikъ →Every word from Polish -nik →Every word from Old Polish -nik →