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Body

eyebrow

Source:*brъvьProto-Slaviccertain

English

eyebrow

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    бровьbrovʹ
    brofʲinherited
  • Ukrainian
    брова́brova
    brɔˈʋainherited
  • Polish
    brew
    brɛfinherited
  • Czech
    obočí
    ˈobotʃiːdifferent word · Czech, from ob- + oko 'around the eye'
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    obrvaобрва
    ˈobr̩vainherited

    The old word with the prefix ob-.

  • English
    eyebrow

    Distant English relative — Brow and *brъvь share an Indo-European root.

Sound laws at work