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to sing
Source:*pětiProto-Slaviccertain
Russian kept the bare verb; the others use *pěvati, Ukrainian, Polish and Czech with the prefix *sъ-.
English
to sing
Polish
śpiewać
ˈɕpjɛvatɕLearn freshDifferent words — learn this one fresh.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianпетьpetʹpʲetʲinherited
- Ukrainianспіва́тиspivatyspʲiˈʋatɪinherited
- Polishśpiewaćˈɕpjɛvatɕinherited
- Czechzpívatˈspiːvatinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianpjevati / pevatiпјевати / певатиˈpjevatiinherited
- Englishto sing