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Source:*gvězdaProto-Slaviccertain

West Slavic kept the old gv- (gwiazda, hvězda); East and South Slavic softened it to zv- (звезда, zvijezda).

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gwiazda

ˈɡvjazda

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Russian
звезда́zvezda
zvʲɪzˈdainherited
Ukrainian
зі́ркаzirka
ˈzʲirkadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *zorja 'dawn, glow'
Ukrainian зоря means both 'star' and 'dawn'; звізда is archaic.
Polish
gwiazda
ˈɡvjazdainherited
Czech
hvězda
ˈɦvjɛzdainherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
zvijezda / zvezdaзвијезда / звезда
ˈzvijezdainherited
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