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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, borrowed from Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, “physician”).[1] Compare Old Norse læknir, Old High German lahhi, Danish læge.
Noun
лије̑к m (Latin spelling lijȇk)
- medicine
Declension
References
- ^ Petar Skok, Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika, Z., 1971, v. 2, p. 296: Obično se uzimlje da je praslavenska riječ posuđena iz gotske radne imenice lekeis