Food & drink

garlic

Source:*česnъkъProto-Slavic · “garlic; from *česati 'to comb, split' (the cloves)”certain

Polish czosnek shows e → o before a hard consonant; the strong yer gave the vowel of the last syllable everywhere.

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garlic

Polish

czosnek

ˈtʂɔsnɛk

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Russian
чесно́кčesnok
tɕɪsˈnokinherited
Ukrainian
часни́кčasnyk
tʃasˈnɪkinherited
Polish
czosnek
ˈtʂɔsnɛkinherited
Czech
česnek
ˈtʃɛsnɛkinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
bijeli luk / beli lukбијели лук / бели лук
ˈbijeli lukdifferent word · 'white onion': Proto-Slavic *bělъ 'white' + *lukъ 'onion'
Standard-specific words: češnjak (Croatian) — The cognate of чеснок; Croatian also says bijeli luk.
English
garlic