Nature
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
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BCS script
- Russianхолмxolmxolminherited
- Ukrainianпа́горбpahorbˈpaɦɔrb
- Polishwzgórzeˈvzɡuʐɛ
The cognate survives in the town name Chełm.
- Czechkopecˈkopɛts
The cognate chlum is now archaic or a place name.
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianbrdoбрдоˈbr̩do
- Englishhill