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health

Source:*sъdorvъProto-Slavic · “healthy”certain

Literally 'good wood' (*sъ- 'good' + *dorv- 'tree'): здоро́вый vs zdrowy, zdravý, zdrav — the same split as голова/głowa.

English

health

Polish

zdrowie
ˈzdrɔvjɛ
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    здоро́вьеzdorovʹe
    zdɐˈrovʲjəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    здоро́в’яzdorovʼja
    zdɔˈrɔʋjainherited
  • Polish
    zdrowie
    ˈzdrɔvjɛinherited
  • Czech
    zdraví
    ˈzdraviːinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    zdravljeздравље
    ˈzdravʎeinherited
  • English
    health

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