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Nature

gold

Source:*zoltoProto-Slaviccertain

Pleophony with l: золото against złoto, zlato.

English

gold

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    зо́лотоzoloto
    ˈzolətəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    зо́лотоzoloto
    ˈzɔlɔtɔinherited
  • Polish
    złoto
    ˈzwɔtɔinherited
  • Czech
    zlato
    ˈzlatoinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    zlatoзлато
    ˈzlatoinherited
  • English
    gold

    Distant English relative — Gold, yellow and *zolto share an Indo-European root for 'shining, yellow'.

Sound laws at work