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Where does “knjiga” come from?

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

knjiga (Serbo-Croatian): book

Definitions

  1. book

Ancestry of “knjiga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Slavickъňigabook
2Old High Germankenningsymbol, sign

Words derived from “knjiga”

  • knjižiti
  • knjigovodstvo
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