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dinner, supper

Source:*večerjaProto-Slavic · “evening meal; from *večerъ 'evening'”certain

The soft r of *večerja became Czech ř, and the a after it became e: večeře.

English

dinner, supper

Polish

kolacja
kɔˈlatsja
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  • Russian
    у́жинužin
    ˈuʐɨndifferent word · Proto-Slavic *južina 'midday meal', from *jugъ 'south, noon'

    Russian ве́черя survives for the Last Supper (Та́йная ве́черя).

  • Ukrainian
    вече́ряvečerja
    ʋɛˈtʃɛrʲainherited
  • Polish
    kolacja
    kɔˈlatsjadifferent word · Latin collatio 'gathering' (a monastic evening meal)

    Polish wieczerza is now old-fashioned or religious.

  • Czech
    večeře
    ˈvɛtʃɛr̝ɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    večeraвечера
    ˈvetʃerainherited
  • English
    dinner, supper

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