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spring (season)

Source:*vesnaProto-Slaviccertain

Polish turned e into o before the hard s: wiosna.

English

spring (season)

Polish

wiosna
ˈvjɔsna
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BCS script
  • Russian
    весна́vesna
    vʲɪsˈnainherited
  • Ukrainian
    весна́vesna
    ʋɛsˈnainherited
  • Polish
    wiosna
    ˈvjɔsnainherited
  • Czech
    jaro
    ˈjarodifferent word · Proto-Slavic *jaro 'spring' (cf. Russian яровой 'spring-sown')

    Czech vesna is poetic.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    proljeće / prolećeпрољеће / пролеће
    ˈproʎetɕedifferent word · BCS pro- + ljeto 'summer': 'before summer'
  • English
    spring (season)

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