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dog

Source:*pьsъProto-Slavicprobable

The yer of *pьsъ became e in Polish and Czech, a in BCS, and ё in Russian пёс. The Iranian source of собака is the mainstream view, but the borrowing route is unclear.

English

dog

Polish

pies
pjɛs
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    соба́каsobaka
    sɐˈbakədifferent word · probably Iranian (cf. Median spaka 'dog')

    The inherited пёс survives as 'hound, cur'.

  • Ukrainian
    соба́каsobaka
    sɔˈbakadifferent word · probably Iranian (cf. Median spaka 'dog')

    The inherited пес is just as common in Ukrainian.

  • Polish
    pies
    pjɛsinherited
  • Czech
    pes
    pɛsinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    pasпас
    pasinherited
  • English
    dog

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