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Source:*zelenъProto-Slaviccertain

Russian ё and Polish o both come from e before a hard consonant, by separate changes.

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Polish

zielony
ʑɛˈlɔnɨ
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    зелёныйzelënyj
    zʲɪˈlʲonɨjinherited
  • Ukrainian
    зеле́нийzelenyj
    zɛˈlɛnɪjinherited
  • Polish
    zielony
    ʑɛˈlɔnɨinherited
  • Czech
    zelený
    ˈzɛlɛniːinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    zelenзелен
    ˈzeleninherited
  • English
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