Body
eye
Source:*okoProto-Slaviccertain
English
eye
Polish
oko
ˈɔkɔCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianглазglazɡlas
Russian replaced око (now poetic) with a word for a little ball; Polish głaz still means 'boulder'.
- Ukrainianо́коokoˈɔkɔinherited
- Polishokoˈɔkɔinherited
- Czechokoˈokoinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianokoокоˈokoinherited
- Englisheye
Distant English relative — English eye and Slavic oko share an Indo-European root (*h₃ekʷ-).