Food & drink
cheese
Source:*syrъProto-Slavic · “raw, damp; fresh cheese”certain
The first Slavic cheese was fresh curd, named simply 'the raw (thing)'.
English
cheese
Polish
ser
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BCS script
- Russianсырsyrsɨrinherited
The adjective сыро́й still means 'raw, damp'.
- Ukrainianсирsyrsɪrinherited
Also cottage cheese; hard cheese can be тверди́й сир.
- Polishsersɛrinherited
- Czechsýrsiːrinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiansirсирsirinherited
- Englishcheese