Mind & speech

happiness, luck

Source:*sъčęstьjeProto-Slavic · “good share (*sъ- + *čęstь 'part')”certain

Happiness as having a good part: Russian ча́сть 'part' is inside the word.

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English

happiness, luck

Polish

szczęście

ˈʂtʂɛ̃ɕtɕɛ

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Russian
сча́стьеsčastʹe
ˈɕːasʲtʲjəinherited
Ukrainian
ща́стяščastja
ˈʃtʃasʲtʲainherited
Polish
szczęście
ˈʂtʂɛ̃ɕtɕɛinherited
Czech
štěstí
ˈʃcɛsciːinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
srećaсрећа
ˈsretɕadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *sъrětja 'a meeting' (*sъrěsti 'to meet')
Luck is what you meet; Russian встре́ча 'meeting' is a cognate.
English
happiness, luck