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grāmatvedis

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Possibly grāmata (book) +‎ vest (to lead), not derived from German Buchhalter, otherwise commonly borrowed across Eastern and Central Europe, but rather a calque of German Buchführer (literally book-leader), which see Buchhalter for more.

Noun

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grāmatvedis m (2nd declension, feminine form: grāmatvede)

  1. accountant

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