People
mother
Source:*matiProto-Slaviccertain
English
mother
Polish
matka
ˈmatkaCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianматьmatʹmatʲinherited
Everyday speech says ма́ма.
- Ukrainianма́тиmatyˈmatɪinherited
- Polishmatkaˈmatkainherited
A diminutive of the old mać; mama is the everyday address.
- Czechmatkaˈmatkainherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianmajkaмајкаˈmajkainherited
An expressive derivative of the old mati, now literary.
- Englishmother
Distant English relative — Mother, Latin mater and *mati go back to one Indo-European word.