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brother

Source:*bratrъProto-Slaviccertain

English

brother

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    братbrat
    bratinherited
  • Ukrainian
    братbrat
    bratinherited
  • Polish
    brat
    bratinherited
  • Czech
    bratr
    ˈbratr̩inherited

    Czech alone keeps the old final -r.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    bratбрат
    bratinherited
  • English
    brother

    Distant English relative — Brother, Latin frater and *bratrъ go back to one Indo-European word.