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noun
The scientific study of birchbark manuscripts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, epigraphy, geography, history, human-sciences, literature, media, natural-sciences, palaeography, paleogeography, paleography, paleontology, publishing, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bherHǵós Proto-Indo-European *bherHǵ-t-óm Proto-Balto-Slavic *berˀźtan Proto-Slavic *berstoder. Old East Slavic бересто (beresto) Russian береста́ (berestá) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)der. Russian -ло́гия (-lógija) Russian берестоло́гия (berestológija)bor. English berestology Borrowed from Russian берестоло́гия (berestológija) from береста́ (berestá, “birchbark”) + -ло́гия (-lógija, suffix indicating the study of a particular subject).
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