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Nature

lake

Source:*jezeroProto-Slaviccertain

East Slavic words often start with о- where the others have je- (озеро/jezero, один/jeden). Polish also turned e into o before the hard r: jezioro.

English

lake

Polish

jezioro
jɛˈʑɔrɔ
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    о́зероozero
    ˈozʲɪrəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    о́зероozero
    ˈɔzɛrɔinherited
  • Polish
    jezioro
    jɛˈʑɔrɔinherited
  • Czech
    jezero
    ˈjɛzɛroinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    jezeroјезеро
    ˈjezeroinherited
  • English
    lake

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