Food & drink
meat
Source:*męsoProto-Slaviccertain
Only Polish kept the nasal vowel of *męso (mięso); elsewhere it became я, a or e.
English
meat
Polish
mięso
ˈmjɛ̃sɔLearn freshDifferent words — learn this one fresh.
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BCS script
- Russianмя́соmjasoˈmʲasəinherited
- Ukrainianм’я́соmʼjasoˈmjasɔinherited
- Polishmięsoˈmjɛ̃sɔinherited
- Czechmasoˈmasoinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianmesoмесоˈmesoinherited
Not a jat word: the e comes from the nasal ę, so it is meso in every standard.
- Englishmeat