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money

Source:*pěnędzьProto-Slavic · “coin (an early loan from Germanic)”certain

English

money

Polish

pieniądze
pjɛˈɲɔndzɛ
CognateSame source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    де́ньгиdenʹgi
    ˈdʲenʲɡʲɪdifferent word · Turkic tenge 'silver coin'
  • Ukrainian
    гро́шіhroši
    ˈɦrɔʃidifferent word · Polish grosz, from Latin (denarius) grossus 'thick (coin)'
  • Polish
    pieniądze
    pjɛˈɲɔndzɛinherited
  • Czech
    peníze
    ˈpɛɲiːzɛinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    novacновац
    ˈnovatsdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *novъ 'new' (a newly minted coin)

    Serbian and Bosnian colloquial pare is from Turkish para.

  • English
    money

    English shares this source: penny — Slavic borrowed *pěnędzь from the Germanic word that became English penny.

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