-nok
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Of Slavic origin. Compare Serbo-Croatian -nik, Russian -ник (-nik). Both udvar (“court”) and udvarnok (“courtier”) were loanwords. Based on these two words, the -nok suffix was formed and attached to other words.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-nok
- (noun-forming suffix) Added to a word to form the name of an occupation.
Usage notes edit
- (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ -nok in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)