Where does “knygnešys” come from?
knygnešys (Lithuanian) comes from Lithuanian knygà, from Russian кни́га, from Proto-Slavic kъňiga, from Old High German kenning — symbol, sign.
knygnešys (Lithuanian): book distributor; book smuggler
Definitions
- book distributor; book smuggler
Ancestry of “knygnešys”, step by step