Mind & speech

love

Source:*ljubyProto-Slavic · “love (stem *ljubъv-)”certain

From the stem *ljubъv-: its yer became о in East Slavic and a in BCS.

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English

love

Polish

miłość

ˈmʲiwɔɕtɕ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
любо́вьljubovʹ
lʲʊˈbofʲinherited
Ukrainian
любо́вljubov
lʲuˈbɔwinherited
Polish
miłość
ˈmʲiwɔɕtɕdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *milъ 'dear'
Czech
láska
ˈlaːskadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *laskati 'to caress, flatter'
Russian ла́ска 'tenderness' is the cognate.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
ljubavљубав
ˈʎubavinherited
English
love
Distant English relative — English love and *ljuby share the Indo-European root *lewbʰ-.

Russian ла́ска “affection, caress; also weasel”Polish łaska “grace, favour, mercy”Czech láska “love”
Russian 'love' is любо́вь, Polish miłość; Czech 'caress' is pohlazení, 'grace, favour' milost.