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Body

heart

Source:*sьrdьceProto-Slaviccertain

English

heart

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    се́рдцеserdce
    ˈsʲertsəinherited

    The д is written but not pronounced.

  • Ukrainian
    се́рцеserce
    ˈsɛrtsɛinherited
  • Polish
    serce
    ˈsɛrtsɛinherited
  • Czech
    srdce
    ˈsr̩tsɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    srceсрце
    ˈsr̩tseinherited
  • English
    heart

    Distant English relative — Heart, Latin cor and Slavic *sьrd- share an Indo-European root (*ḱerd-).

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