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Where does “פּריזיווניק” come from?

פּריזיווניק (Yiddish) comes from Russian призывни́к, from Russian -ни́к, from Proto-Slavic -ьnikъ, from Proto-Slavic -ikъ — *nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...

פּריזיווניק (Yiddish): draftee, military conscript

Definitions

  1. draftee, military conscript

Ancestry of “פּריזיווניק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianпризывни́к—
2Russian-ни́к—
3Proto-Slavic-ьnikъFrom base concept nouns, forms agent nouns who...
4Proto-Slavic-ikъ*nožь → *nožikъ; *větrъ → *větrikъ; *listъ →...
Every word from Proto-Slavic -ikъ →