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vēsturnieks

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Coined by Atis Kronvalds 1860s from vēsture (history) +‎ -nieks. [1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [væ̀ːstuɾniɛks]
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Noun

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vēsturnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: vēsturniece)

  1. (male) historian (a specialist in history)
    medicīnas vēsturnieksmedicine historian
    matemātikas vēsturnieksmathematics historian
    mākslas vēsturnieksart historian
    teātra zinātnes vēsturniekstheater science historian
    mūzikas vēsturnieksmusic historian

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “vēsture”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN