Time & numbers

nine

Source:*devętьProto-Slaviccertain

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English

nine

Polish

dziewięć

ˈdʑɛvjɛɲtɕ

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

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
де́вятьdevjatʹ
ˈdʲevʲɪtʲinherited
Ukrainian
де́в’ятьdevʼjatʹ
ˈdɛʋjatʲinherited
Polish
dziewięć
ˈdʑɛvjɛɲtɕinherited
Czech
devět
ˈdɛvjɛtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
devetдевет
ˈdevetinherited
English
nine
Distant English relative — Nine and *devętь share Indo-European *h₁néwn̥; Slavic d- for n- is usually put down to *desętь 'ten'.