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onion

Source:*lukъProto-Slavic · “onion, leek; probably from Germanic *lauka-”probable

East and South meet in лук/luk; Ukrainian sides with Polish and Czech on the Latin cepulla.

English

onion

Polish

cebula
tsɛˈbula
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  • Russian
    лукluk
    lukinherited

    A homonym of лук 'bow (weapon)'.

  • Ukrainian
    цибу́ляcybulja
    tsɪˈbulʲadifferent word · Latin cepulla 'little onion', via Polish
  • Polish
    cebula
    tsɛˈbuladifferent word · Latin cepulla 'little onion', via German or Italian
  • Czech
    cibule
    ˈtsɪbulɛdifferent word · Latin cepulla 'little onion', via German
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    lukлук
    lukinherited

    Often crveni luk 'red onion', to tell it from bijeli luk 'garlic'.

  • English
    onion

    English shares this source: leek — If *lukъ is a Germanic loan, it is the same word as English leek.