Nature
silver
Source:*sьrebroProto-Slavicprobable
A traveling word shared with Germanic and Baltic; its exact Proto-Slavic shape (*sьrebro or *serbro) is uncertain.
English
silver
Polish
srebro
ˈsrɛbrɔLearn freshDifferent words — learn this one fresh.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianсеребро́serebrosʲɪrʲɪˈbroinherited
- Ukrainianсрі́блоsribloˈsrʲiblɔinherited
The second r turned into l, so that the word does not repeat r.
- Polishsrebroˈsrɛbrɔinherited
- Czechstříbroˈstr̝iːbroinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiansrebroсреброˈsrebroinherited
- Englishsilver