Qualities

alive, living

Source:*živъProto-Slaviccertain

I knowI'm learning

English

alive, living

Polish

żywy

ˈʐɨvɨ

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
живо́йživoj
ʐɨˈvojinherited
Ukrainian
живи́йžyvyj
ʒɪˈʋɪjinherited
Polish
żywy
ˈʐɨvɨinherited
Czech
živý
ˈʒɪviːinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
živжив
ʒivinherited
English
alive, living
Distant English relative: quick — Old English cwic 'alive' (the quick and the dead), Latin vivus and *živъ share one root.