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meat

Source:*męsoProto-Slaviccertain

Only Polish kept the nasal vowel of *męso (mięso); elsewhere it became я, a or e.

English

meat

Polish

mięso
ˈmjɛ̃sɔ
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    мя́соmjaso
    ˈmʲasəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    м’я́соmʼjaso
    ˈmjasɔinherited
  • Polish
    mięso
    ˈmjɛ̃sɔinherited
  • Czech
    maso
    ˈmasoinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    mesoмесо
    ˈmesoinherited

    Not a jat word: the e comes from the nasal ę, so it is meso in every standard.

  • English
    meat

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