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sun

Source:*sъlnьceProto-Slaviccertain

A diminutive, literally 'little sun': the old syllabic l surfaces as ол in Russian, ło in Polish, lu in Czech and u in BCS.

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English

sun

Polish

słońce

ˈswɔɲtsɛ

Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script

Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
со́лнцеsolnce
ˈsontsəinherited
The л is written but not pronounced.
Ukrainian
со́нцеsonce
ˈsɔntsɛinherited
Polish
słońce
ˈswɔɲtsɛinherited
Czech
slunce
ˈsluntsɛinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
sunceсунце
ˈsuntseinherited
English
sun
Distant English relative — English sun and Slavic *sъl-nьce both go back to the Indo-European word for the sun.