Time & numbers
month
Source:*měsęcьProto-Slavic · “moon, month”certain
English
month
Polish
miesiąc
ˈmjɛɕɔntsCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianме́сяцmesjacˈmʲesʲɪtsinherited
Also the crescent moon.
- Ukrainianмі́сяцьmisjacʹˈmʲisʲatsʲinherited
Also the moon.
- Polishmiesiącˈmjɛɕɔntsinherited
Only the month; the moon is księżyc.
- Czechměsícˈmɲɛsiːtsinherited
Also the moon.
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianmjesec / mesecмјесец / месецˈmjesetsinherited
Also the moon.
- Englishmonth
Distant English relative: moon — Month, moon and *měsęcь share one Indo-European word for the moon.