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Source:*zьrětiProto-Slavic · “to look; 'mirror' was built on this verb”probable

A mirror is 'the looking thing': *zьr- gave зер- in Russian and a syllabic r in Czech zrcadlo.

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mirror

Polish

lustro

ˈlustrɔ

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Russian
зе́ркалоzerkalo
ˈzʲerkələinherited
Ukrainian
дзе́ркалоdzerkalo
ˈdzɛrkalɔinherited
Ukrainian hardened the z into dz.
Polish
lustro
ˈlustrɔdifferent word · Italian lustro 'shine'
Czech
zrcadlo
ˈzr̩tsadloinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
ogledaloогледало
ˈoɡledalodifferent word · Proto-Slavic *ględati 'to look' (Polish oglądać)
Standard-specific words: zrcalo (Croatian) — The cognate of зеркало and zrcadlo; ogledalo is also used.
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