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Source:*stolъProto-Slavic · “seat, table”probable

*stolъ first meant 'seat': Ukrainian стілець and BCS stolica keep that sense, while Russian borrowed German Stuhl.

English

chair

Polish

krzesło
ˈkʂɛswɔ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    стулstul
    stuldifferent word · German Stuhl, via Polish

    A loan; the inherited стол came to mean 'table'.

  • Ukrainian
    стіле́цьstilecʹ
    stʲiˈlɛtsʲinherited

    A diminutive of стіл: 'little seat'.

  • Polish
    krzesło
    ˈkʂɛswɔdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *kerslo 'seat' (Russian кре́сло 'armchair')
  • Czech
    židle
    ˈʒɪdlɛdifferent word · Czech; origin unclear

    Czech křeslo, the cognate of krzesło, means 'armchair'.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    stolicaстолица
    ˈstolitsainherited

    Also 'capital city' — the seat of power.

  • English
    chair

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian столи́ца “capital city”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian stolica “chair”

    Russian 'chair' is стул; BCS 'capital' is glavni grad (Croatian also prijestolnica, Serbian prestonica).