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Source:*světjaProto-Slavic · “candle; from *světъ 'light'”certain

The *tj split in one word: Russian ч, Polish and Czech c, BCS ć.

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English

candle

Polish

świeca

ˈɕfjɛtsa

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
свеча́sveča
svʲɪˈtɕainherited
Ukrainian
сві́чкаsvička
ˈsʋʲitʃkainherited
Polish
świeca
ˈɕfjɛtsainherited
Small candles are świeczka.
Czech
svíčka
ˈsviːtʃkainherited
The plain svíce, with c from *tj, is now old-fashioned.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
svijeća / svećaсвијећа / свећа
ˈsvijetɕainherited
English
candle