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eye

Source:*okoProto-Slaviccertain

English

eye

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    глазglaz
    ɡlasdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *glazъ 'ball, pebble'

    Russian replaced око (now poetic) with a word for a little ball; Polish głaz still means 'boulder'.

  • Ukrainian
    о́коoko
    ˈɔkɔinherited
  • Polish
    oko
    ˈɔkɔinherited
  • Czech
    oko
    ˈokoinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    okoоко
    ˈokoinherited
  • English
    eye

    Distant English relative — English eye and Slavic oko share an Indo-European root (*h₃ekʷ-).