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to love

Source:*ljubitiProto-Slaviccertain

One shared root, three meanings: love in the east, like in Polish, kiss in BCS.

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English

to love

Polish

kochać

ˈkɔxatɕ

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Russian
люби́тьljubitʹ
lʲʊˈbʲitʲinherited
Ukrainian
люби́тиljubyty
lʲuˈbɪtɪinherited
Polish
kochać
ˈkɔxatɕdifferent word · Polish, of uncertain origin
Lubić, the cognate, means 'to like'.
Czech
milovat
ˈmɪlovatdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *milъ 'dear'
Líbit se 'to please' is the cognate of любить.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
voljeti / voletiвољети / волети
ˈvoʎetidifferent word · Proto-Slavic *volěti 'to want, prefer' (*volja 'will')
BCS ljubiti, the cognate, means 'to kiss'.
English
to love
Distant English relative: love — Love and *ljubiti share the Indo-European root *lewbʰ- (German lieb).

Russian люби́ть “to love”Polish lubić “to like”Czech líbit se “to please, be liked (Líbí se mi 'I like it')”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian ljubiti “to kiss (bookish: to love)”
Polish 'love' is kochać, Czech milovat, BCS voljeti; Russian 'kiss' is целова́ть.