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knife

Source:*nožьProto-Slaviccertain

The lost final yer closed the syllable and lengthened the o: Ukrainian ніж, Polish nóż, Czech nůž.

English

knife

Polish

nóż
nuʂ
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    ножnož
    noʂinherited
  • Ukrainian
    ніжniž
    nʲiʒinherited
  • Polish
    nóż
    nuʂinherited
  • Czech
    nůž
    nuːʃinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    nožнож
    noʒinherited
  • English
    knife

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