Where does “knihovnictví” come from?

knihovnictví (Czech) comes from Czech knihovník, from Czech knihovna, from Czech kniha, from Old Czech kniha, from Proto-Slavic kъňiga, from Old High German kenning — symbol, sign.

knihovnictví (Czech): library science

Definitions

  1. library science

Ancestry of “knihovnictví”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Czechknihovníklibrarian
2Czechknihovnalibrary; bookcase
3Czechknihabook; omasum
4Old Czechknihabook
5Proto-Slavickъňigabook
6Old High Germankenningsymbol, sign
Every word from Old High German kenning →Every word from Proto-Slavic kъňiga →Every word from Old Czech kniha →