What is "lesnik"

Lesnik, Leśnik, Lesník or Lešnik are Slavic words derived from the root word *lěsъ. (forest, modern Les, лес). They may refer to:

Lešnik and Lješnik means hazelnut in the South Slavic languages . Lesník means forester in Czech.

Toponyms:

• Leśnik (disambiguation), several places in
• Lesnik,

People:

• August Lešnik,
• Robert Lešnik,

Other:

• Lesnik, Russian and Serbian rendering of the Slavic demon of the forest (Greek Pan (god))

Lesnik was a fortified town in medieval Serbia ( Rascia), registered by Byzantine Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus, under the rule of Časlav Klonimirović.

Serbia consisted of the following fortifications (καστρα, 'castle'): Destinikon , Černavusk , Međurečje , Dresneik , Lesnik , Salines , in the Zhupa of Bosnia : Katera and Desnik ." De Administrando Imperio by Constantine VII

The location is unknown, but has been connected with:

• The toponym Lješnica
  • in Derventa,
  • in Tuzla,
  • in Kučevo,
• The toponym Lešnica
  • in Loznica,
  • in Podujevo, Kosovo
• The toponym Lesnica
  • in Trgovište,