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letter (mail)

Source:*pisьmoProto-Slavic · “writing (from *pьsati 'to write')”certain

Ukrainian and Polish send a 'leaf'; Russian and BCS send a 'writing'.

English

letter (mail)

Polish

list
list
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BCS script
  • Russian
    письмо́pisʹmo
    pʲɪsʲˈmoinherited
  • Ukrainian
    листlyst
    lɪstdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *listъ 'leaf'

    Лист also means 'leaf'; in Polish the leaf is liść.

  • Polish
    list
    listdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *listъ 'leaf'
  • Czech
    dopis
    ˈdopɪsdifferent word · Czech dopis, from psát 'to write'

    Czech písmo, the cognate, means 'script, handwriting'.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    pismoписмо
    ˈpismoinherited
  • English
    letter (mail)

⚠ Watch out

  • Russian лист “leaf; sheet (of paper)”Ukrainian лист “letter (mail); also sheet”Polish list “letter (mail)”

    Russian 'letter' is письмо́; Ukrainian 'leaf' is листо́к, Polish liść.