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Source:*moltъProto-Slavic · “hammer”certain

Pleophony again: East Slavic молот against Polish młot and BCS mlat.

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Polish

młotek

ˈmwɔtɛk

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Russian
молото́кmolotok
məlɐˈtokinherited
A diminutive; мо́лот is a sledgehammer.
Ukrainian
молото́кmolotok
mɔlɔˈtɔkinherited
Polish
młotek
ˈmwɔtɛkinherited
A diminutive; młot is a sledgehammer.
Czech
kladivo
ˈklaɟɪvodifferent word · Czech kladivo (origin debated)
Czech mlat survives only as 'threshing floor'.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
čekićчекић
ˈtʃekitɕdifferent word · Turkish çekiç
The inherited mlat is a sledgehammer.
English
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