Food & drink

flour

Source:*mǫkaProto-Slaviccertain

Polish keeps the nasal (mąka); Czech ú became ou (mouka). Ukrainian борошно and BCS brašno are one word, shaped by pleophony and metathesis.

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English

flour

Polish

mąka

ˈmɔŋka

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Russian
мука́muka
muˈkainherited
Stress tells it apart from му́ка 'torment'.
Ukrainian
бо́рошноborošno
ˈbɔrɔʃnɔdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *boršьno 'flour'
Ukrainian мука́ exists but is less common.
Polish
mąka
ˈmɔŋkainherited
Czech
mouka
ˈmou̯kainherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
brašnoбрашно
ˈbraʃnodifferent word · Proto-Slavic *boršьno 'flour'
English
flour