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Source:*ložeProto-Slavic · “bed, lair; from *ležati 'to lie'”certain

Ukrainian ліжко and Polish łóżko are 'the little lying place'; Russian кровать and BCS krevet share a Greek word.

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bed

Polish

łóżko

ˈwuʂkɔ

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Russian
крова́тьkrovatʹ
krɐˈvatʲdifferent word · Greek krabbátion 'couch'
Russian ло́же survives as a bookish word for a couch or bed.
Ukrainian
лі́жкоližko
ˈlʲiʒkɔinherited
From the diminutive *ložьko.
Polish
łóżko
ˈwuʂkɔinherited
From the diminutive *ložьko.
Czech
postel
ˈpostɛldifferent word · Proto-Slavic *postelja 'what is spread out'
Russian посте́ль 'bedding' is its cognate.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
krevetкревет
ˈkrevetdifferent word · Greek krabbátion 'couch'
English
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