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pillow
Source:*podušьkaProto-Slavic · “pillow; perhaps 'under the ear' (*pod + *uxo)”probable
The 'under the ear' reading is old and widely cited, but not certain; Czech and BCS use German and Turkish words.
English
pillow
Polish
poduszka
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BCS script
- Russianподу́шкаpoduškapɐˈduʂkəinherited
- Ukrainianподу́шкаpoduškapɔˈduʃkainherited
- Polishpoduszkapɔˈduʂkainherited
- Czechpolštářˈpolʃtaːr̝
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianjastukјастукˈjastuk
- Englishpillow