Town & work

hospital

Source:*bolьProto-Slavic · “pain, illness”certain

Each is a modern derivative: a 'pain-house' (больница, bolnica), a 'remedy-house' (лікарня), a 'no-strength-house' (nemocnice).

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English

hospital

Polish

szpital

ˈʂpital

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Russian
больни́цаbolʹnica
bɐlʲˈnʲitsəinherited
Ukrainian
ліка́рняlikarnja
lʲiˈkarnʲadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *lěkъ 'remedy'
Polish
szpital
ˈʂpitaldifferent word · Latin hospitale, via German Spital
Czech
nemocnice
ˈnɛmotsɲɪtsɛdifferent word · Czech nemoc 'illness' (literally 'no-strength', ne + moc)
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
bolnicaболница
ˈbolnitsainherited
English
hospital