Where does “פּניאַק” come from?

פּניאַק (Yiddish) comes from Polish pniak, from Polish -ak, from Old Polish -ak, from Proto-Slavic -akъ — Deadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...

פּניאַק (Yiddish): (tree) stump

Definitions

  1. (tree) stump

Ancestry of “פּניאַק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpniaktree stump; tree stub
2Polish-akused to form demonyms; used to form various...
3Old Polish-akused to form nouns
4Proto-Slavic-akъDeadjectival, forming nouns denoting a carrier of...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -akъ →Every word from Polish -ak →Every word from Old Polish -ak →