English

Suffix

-nik

1. Appended to words to create a nickname for a person who exemplifies, endorses, or is associated with the thing or quality specified (by the base form), often a particular ideology or preference.

Derived terms

External links

• 1990 Autumn, Kabakchi, V. V.; Doyle, Charles Clay, “Of Sputniks, Beatniks, and Nogoodniks”, in American Speech, volume 65, number 3, JSTOR 455919, pages 275-278:

Ojibwe

Suffix

-nik ‎(plural -nikan)

1. arm

   ingodonik — one arm; one armlength

   midaasonik — ten arms; ten armlengths

   jiiskinikebizon — bracelet; garter

   minikeyaab — armband; bracelet

   ninik — my arm

   gichinik — right hand

Related terms

• -nike

Polish

Suffix

-nik m

1. Forms masculine nouns referring to a performer of some action, sometimes a device; -er

Declension

Personal nouns:

Impersonal nouns:

Derived terms

Related terms

• -nica f

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *-(ь)nikъ, itself originally by nominalization of adjectives in *-ьnъ with the suffix *-ikъ (whence -ik). The suffix originates from Proto-Balto-Slavic period; compare with dialectal Lithuanian lauk-inykas ‎(“peasant, farmer”) (from laũkas ‎(“field”)) and Old Prussian lauk-inikis ‎(“vassal”).

Suffix

-nik ‎(Cyrillic spelling -ник)

1. Suffix appended to nominal stems to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer, place, object, tool or a feature.

Derived terms

• -enik
• -ovnik
• -evnik

Related terms

• -ik
• -ica

References

• Skok, Petar (1971) Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika (in Serbo-Croatian), volume I, Zagreb: JAZU, page 515