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horse

Source:*konьProto-Slaviccertain

Russian is the odd one out: its everyday лошадь came from Turkic, while Ukrainian кінь, Polish koń, Czech kůň and BCS konj kept the Proto-Slavic word.

English

horse

Polish

koń
kɔɲ
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BCS script
  • Russian
    ло́шадьlošadʹ
    ˈloʂətʲdifferent word · Turkic (cf. alaša 'horse'), with a Russian suffix

    The inherited конь is a steed, and the knight in chess.

  • Ukrainian
    кіньkinʹ
    kʲinʲinherited

    і in the closed syllable, о elsewhere: коня 'of the horse'.

  • Polish
    koń
    kɔɲinherited
  • Czech
    kůň
    kuːɲinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    konjкоњ
    koɲinherited
  • English
    horse

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