Time & numbers

night

Source:*noktьProto-Slaviccertain

*kt before a front vowel went the same way as *tj: ч, c, ć. Ukrainian o became і in the closed syllable (ніч, but но́чі).

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English

night

Polish

noc

nɔts

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
ночьnočʹ
notɕinherited
Ukrainian
нічnič
nʲitʃinherited
Polish
noc
nɔtsinherited
Czech
noc
notsinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
noćноћ
notɕinherited
English
night
Distant English relative — Night and *noktь share Indo-European *nókʷts.