Time & numbers

four

Source:*četyreProto-Slaviccertain

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English

four

Polish

cztery

ˈtʂtɛrɨ

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

In all five languages

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
четы́реčetyre
tɕɪˈtɨrʲɪinherited
Ukrainian
чоти́риčotyry
tʃɔˈtɪrɪinherited
Polish
cztery
ˈtʂtɛrɨinherited
Czech
čtyři
ˈtʃtɪr̝ɪinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
četiriчетири
ˈtʃetiriinherited
English
four
Distant English relative — Four, Latin quattuor and четыре all continue Indo-European *kʷetwóres.