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market

Source:*tъrgъProto-Slavic · “market, trade”certain

English

market

Polish

targ
tark
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BCS script
  • Russian
    ры́нокrynok
    ˈrɨnəkdifferent word · Polish rynek, from German Ring 'ring, (market) square'

    The cognate торг survives as 'trade, bargaining' (торгова́ть 'to trade').

  • Ukrainian
    ри́нокrynok
    ˈrɪnɔkdifferent word · Polish rynek, from German Ring 'ring, (market) square'
  • Polish
    targ
    tarkinherited

    Polish rynek is the main town square, the source of Russian рынок.

  • Czech
    trh
    tr̩xinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    pijacaпијаца
    ˈpijatsadifferent word · Italian piazza 'square'

    BCS trg, the cognate, means 'square'.

    Standard-specific words: tržnica (Croatian) — A derivative of trg (*tъrgъ).

  • English
    market

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