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Where does “књига” come from?

књига (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Proto-Slavic kъňiga, from Old High German kenning — symbol, sign.

књига (Serbo-Croatian): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “књига”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickъňigabook
2Old High Germankenningsymbol, sign

Words derived from “књига”

  • књижити
  • књиговодство
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