Body
heart
Source:*sьrdьceProto-Slaviccertain
English
heart
Polish
serce
ˈsɛrtsɛCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianсе́рдцеserdceˈsʲertsəinherited
The д is written but not pronounced.
- Ukrainianсе́рцеserceˈsɛrtsɛinherited
- Polishserceˈsɛrtsɛinherited
- Czechsrdceˈsr̩tsɛinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiansrceсрцеˈsr̩tseinherited
- Englishheart
Distant English relative — Heart, Latin cor and Slavic *sьrd- share an Indo-European root (*ḱerd-).