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hill

Source:*xъlmъProto-Slavicprobable

Only Russian keeps *xъlmъ as the everyday word. *xъlmъ itself is probably an early loan from Germanic (cf. Old Norse holmr 'islet').

English

hill

Polish

wzgórze
ˈvzɡuʐɛ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    холмxolm
    xolminherited
  • Ukrainian
    па́горбpahorb
    ˈpaɦɔrbdifferent word · Ukrainian, from горб 'hump' (Proto-Slavic *gъrbъ)
  • Polish
    wzgórze
    ˈvzɡuʐɛdifferent word · Polish, from góra 'mountain'

    The cognate survives in the town name Chełm.

  • Czech
    kopec
    ˈkopɛtsdifferent word · Czech, from kopa 'heap, stack'

    The cognate chlum is now archaic or a place name.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    brdoбрдо
    ˈbr̩dodifferent word · Proto-Slavic *bьrdo 'hill'
  • English
    hill

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