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stove, oven

Source:*pečьProto-Slavic · “oven; from *pekti 'to bake'”certain

*kt before a front vowel merged with *tj: печь, piec, pec, peć — the same split as свеча, świeca, svíce, svijeća.

English

stove, oven

Polish

piec
pjɛts
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  • Russian
    печьpečʹ
    pʲetɕinherited

    The traditional masonry stove; a kitchen cooker is плита́, an oven духо́вка.

  • Ukrainian
    пічpič
    pʲitʃinherited
  • Polish
    piec
    pjɛtsinherited

    Masculine in Polish, built on the same root.

  • Czech
    pec
    pɛtsinherited

    A room stove is usually kamna.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    pećпећ
    petɕinherited
  • English
    stove, oven

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