People
brother
Source:*bratrъProto-Slaviccertain
English
brother
Polish
brat
bratCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianбратbratbratinherited
- Ukrainianбратbratbratinherited
- Polishbratbratinherited
- Czechbratrˈbratr̩inherited
Czech alone keeps the old final -r.
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianbratбратbratinherited
- Englishbrother
Distant English relative — Brother, Latin frater and *bratrъ go back to one Indo-European word.