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Source:*mydloProto-Slavic · “soap; from *myti 'to wash'”certain

East Slavic dropped the d of -dl- (мыло); West Slavic kept it (mydło, mýdlo).

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English

soap

Polish

mydło

ˈmɨdwɔ

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Russian
мы́лоmylo
ˈmɨləinherited
Ukrainian
ми́лоmylo
ˈmɪlɔinherited
Polish
mydło
ˈmɨdwɔinherited
Czech
mýdlo
ˈmiːdloinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
sapunсапун
ˈsapundifferent word · Turkish sabun (from Greek and Latin sapo)
Distantly related to English soap.
English
soap

Russian ми́ло “nicely, sweetly; 'How nice!'”Ukrainian ми́ло “soap”
Russian 'soap' is мы́ло.