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to close, to shut

Source:*zakrytiProto-Slavic · “cover up”certain

Perfectives. Each language picked its own image: cover, lock, shut.

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English

to close, to shut

Polish

zamknąć

ˈzamknɔɲtɕ

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Russian
закры́тьzakrytʹ
zɐˈkrɨtʲinherited
Ukrainian
закри́тиzakryty
zaˈkrɪtɪinherited
For doors and windows Ukrainian prefers зачини́ти.
Polish
zamknąć
ˈzamknɔɲtɕdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *zamъknǫti 'to lock'
Zamek 'lock; castle' comes from the same verb.
Czech
zavřít
ˈzavr̝iːtdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *zaverti 'to shut'
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
zatvoritiзатворити
zaˈtvoritidifferent word · Proto-Slavic *zatvoriti 'to shut' (cf. Russian затвори́ть)
English
to close, to shut