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neighbour

Source:*sǫsědъProto-Slavic · “one who sits alongside”certain

A sound-law sampler: nasal ǫ (Polish są-), jat (і, ia, e, je), and Czech ú → ou.

English

neighbour

Polish

sąsiad
ˈsɔ̃ɕat
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  • Russian
    сосе́дsosed
    sɐˈsʲetinherited

    Old Russian had сусѣдъ; the о is a later change.

  • Ukrainian
    сусі́дsusid
    suˈsʲidinherited
  • Polish
    sąsiad
    ˈsɔ̃ɕatinherited
  • Czech
    soused
    ˈsou̯sɛtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    susjed / susedсусјед / сусед
    ˈsusjedinherited
  • English
    neighbour

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