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food

Source:*ěstiProto-Slavic · “to eat; each language built its own noun on this root”probable

Same root, different suffixes: еда, їжа, jedzenie and jídlo are all 'what is eaten'; BCS hrana is 'what is kept'.

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food

Polish

jedzenie

jɛˈdzɛɲɛ

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Russian
еда́eda
jɪˈdainherited
Ukrainian
ї́жаjiža
ˈjiʒainherited
From *ědja: *dj became ж, as in межа.
Polish
jedzenie
jɛˈdzɛɲɛinherited
Literally 'eating', the verbal noun of jeść.
Czech
jídlo
ˈjiːdloinherited
Also 'a dish, a meal'.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
hranaхрана
ˈxranadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *xorna, from *xorniti 'to keep, protect'
English
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