rakstnieks

Latvian

Etymology

A word coined by J. Alunāns, from raksts (writing) + -nieks, in the 1850s.[1]

Noun

rakstnieks m (1st declension, feminine form: rakstniece)

  1. (male) writer

Declension

References

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