Town & work
market
Source:*tъrgъProto-Slavic · “market, trade”certain
English
market
Polish
targ
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In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianры́нокrynokˈrɨnək
The cognate торг survives as 'trade, bargaining' (торгова́ть 'to trade').
- Ukrainianри́нокrynokˈrɪnɔk
- Polishtargtarkinherited
Polish rynek is the main town square, the source of Russian рынок.
- Czechtrhtr̩xinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianpijacaпијацаˈpijatsa
BCS trg, the cognate, means 'square'.
Standard-specific words: tržnica (Croatian) — A derivative of trg (*tъrgъ).
- Englishmarket