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Source:*dvьriProto-Slavic · “door (plural)”certain

The soft r became Polish rz and Czech ř: drzwi, dveře.

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English

door

Polish

drzwi

dʐvi

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
дверьdverʹ
dvʲerʲinherited
Ukrainian
две́ріdveri
ˈdʋɛrʲiinherited
Plural only, like the Proto-Slavic.
Polish
drzwi
dʐviinherited
Plural only.
Czech
dveře
ˈdvɛr̝ɛinherited
Plural only.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
vrataврата
ˈvratadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *vorta 'gate' (Russian воро́та)
Plural only; covers both 'door' and 'gate'.
English
door
Distant English relative — English door and *dvьri share an Indo-European root, like Latin foris.