vēsturnieks

Latvian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [væ̀ːstuɾniɛks]

Noun

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

  1. (male) historian (a specialist in history)
    medicīnas vēsturnieks ― medicine historian
    matemātikas vēsturnieks ― mathematics historian
    mākslas vēsturnieks ― art historian
    teātra zinātnes vēsturnieks ― theater science historian
    mūzikas vēsturnieks ― music historian

Declension

References

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