Animals & plants

goose

Source:*gǫsьProto-Slaviccertain

Polish gęś kept the nasal that became u everywhere else.

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English

goose

Polish

gęś

ɡɛ̃ɕ

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

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
гусьgusʹ
ɡusʲinherited
Ukrainian
гу́скаhuska
ˈɦuskainherited
Polish
gęś
ɡɛ̃ɕinherited
Czech
husa
ˈɦusainherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
guskaгуска
ˈɡuskainherited
English
goose
Distant English relative — Goose, German Gans and *gǫsь share an Indo-European word.