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Source:*pomoktьProto-Slavic · “help (*moktь 'power')”certain

*kt before a front vowel went the way of *tj: Polish and Czech c, BCS ć, Church Slavonic щ.

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pomoc

ˈpɔmɔts

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Russian
по́мощьpomoščʹ
ˈpoməɕːChurch Slavonic
Church Slavonic щ for *kt before a front vowel; native Russian has по́мочь 'communal work' in dialects.
Ukrainian
допомо́гаdopomoha
dɔpɔˈmɔɦadifferent word · Ukrainian, from допомага́ти 'to help' (*mog-)
Polish
pomoc
ˈpɔmɔtsinherited
Czech
pomoc
ˈpomotsinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
pomoćпомоћ
ˈpomotɕinherited
English
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