Where does “פּוסט־און־פּאַסניק” come from?
פּוסט־און־פּאַסניק (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish ־ניק, from Polish -nik, from Old Polish -nik, from Proto-Slavic -nikъ — From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,...
פּוסט־און־פּאַסניק (Yiddish): loiterer; slacker
Definitions
- loiterer; slacker
Ancestry of “פּוסט־און־פּאַסניק”, step by step
פּוסט־און־פּאַסניק traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Yiddish ־ניק
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | ־ניק | -nik, -er |
| 2 | Polish | -nik | -er |
| 3 | Old Polish | -nik | forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | -nikъ | From the deverbial noun stem of imperfect verbs,... |
via Yiddish [[פּוסט און פּאַס
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | [[פּוסט און פּאַס | — |
via Yiddish פּוסט־און־פּאַס]]
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yiddish | פּוסט־און־פּאַס]] | — |