Animals & plants

flower

Source:*květъProto-Slaviccertain

Russian and BCS softened kv- to cv- before ě; Ukrainian, Polish and Czech kept kv-.

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English

flower

Polish

kwiat

kfjat

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
цвето́кcvetok
tsvʲɪˈtokinherited
The plural is цветы.
Ukrainian
кві́ткаkvitka
ˈkʋʲitkainherited
Polish
kwiat
kfjatinherited
Czech
květina
ˈkvjɛcɪnainherited
květ is a blossom.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
cvijet / cvetцвијет / цвет
ˈtsvijetinherited
English
flower

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