Town & work
money
Source:*pěnędzьProto-Slavic · “coin (an early loan from Germanic)”certain
English
money
Polish
pieniądze
pjɛˈɲɔndzɛCognateSame source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianде́ньгиdenʹgiˈdʲenʲɡʲɪ
- Ukrainianгро́шіhrošiˈɦrɔʃi
- Polishpieniądzepjɛˈɲɔndzɛinherited
- Czechpenízeˈpɛɲiːzɛinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiannovacновацˈnovats
Serbian and Bosnian colloquial pare is from Turkish para.
- Englishmoney
English shares this source: penny — Slavic borrowed *pěnędzь from the Germanic word that became English penny.