People
bride, fiancée
Source:*nevěstaProto-Slaviccertain
The Proto-Slavic word is secure; its inner make-up ('the unknown one', ne- + věd-, is the popular reading) is debated.
English
bride, fiancée
Polish
narzeczona
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BCS script
- Russianневе́стаnevestanʲɪˈvʲestəinherited
- Ukrainianнаре́ченаnarečenanaˈrɛtʃɛna
Ukrainian неві́стка means 'daughter-in-law'.
- Polishnarzeczonanaʐɛˈtʂɔna
On the wedding day she is panna młoda; Polish niewiasta is an archaic word for 'woman'.
- Czechnevěstaˈnɛvjɛstainherited
The bride on her wedding day; a fiancée is snoubenka.
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiannevjesta / nevestaневјеста / невестаˈnevjestainherited
- Englishbride, fiancée