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Body

nose

Source:*nosъProto-Slaviccertain

English

nose

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    носnos
    nosinherited
  • Ukrainian
    нісnis
    nʲisinherited

    The о turns to і in the closed syllable, but comes back when a vowel follows: но́са, носи́.

  • Polish
    nos
    nɔsinherited
  • Czech
    nos
    nosinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    nosнос
    nosinherited
  • English
    nose

    Distant English relative — Nose and *nosъ share an Indo-European root.

Sound laws at work