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Source:*vidlaProto-Slavic · “pitchfork”probable
A table fork is a 'little pitchfork'. Russian and BCS simplified dl to l (вилка, viljuška); Polish and Czech kept it.
English
fork
Polish
widelec
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In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianви́лкаvilkaˈvʲilkəinherited
Ви́лы is a pitchfork.
- Ukrainianвиде́лкаvydelkaʋɪˈdɛlkainherited
- Polishwidelecviˈdɛlɛtsinherited
- Czechvidličkaˈvɪdlɪtʃkainherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianviljuškaвиљушкаˈviʎuʃkainherited
Standard-specific words: vilica (Croatian)
- Englishfork