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Source:*kъnigaProto-Slavic · “writing, book (also *kъnęga)”probable
The Slavic forms are clear, but *kъniga itself is an old loan whose source is debated: Turkic and Germanic origins have both been proposed.
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book
Polish
książka
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- Russianкни́гаknigaˈknʲiɡəinherited
- Ukrainianкни́гаknyhaˈknɪɦainherited
Also the diminutive кни́жка.
- Polishksiążkaˈkɕɔ̃ʂkainherited
From the variant with a nasal; księga is a big tome.
- Czechknihaˈkɲɪɦainherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianknjigaкњигаˈkɲiɡainherited
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