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Serbo-Croatian
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Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *lěkъ, borrowed from Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐌺𐌴𐌹𐍃 (lēkeis, “physician”). Compare Old Norse læknir, Old High German lahhi, Danish læge.
Noun
lijȇk m (Cyrillic spelling лије̑к)
- medicine, cure
Declension
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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
Further reading
- “lijek” in Hrvatski jezični portal