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sand

Source:*pěsъkъProto-Slaviccertain

The second vowel is a former yer: it disappears in the other cases (Russian песка, Polish piasku).

English

sand

Polish

piasek
ˈpjasɛk
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    песо́кpesok
    pʲɪˈsokinherited
  • Ukrainian
    пісо́кpisok
    pʲiˈsɔkinherited
  • Polish
    piasek
    ˈpjasɛkinherited
  • Czech
    písek
    ˈpiːsɛkinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    pijesak / pesakпијесак / песак
    ˈpijesakinherited
  • English
    sand

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