Actions
to take
Source:*bьratiProto-Slaviccertain
The perfective is a different verb, *vъzęti: взять, взя́ти, wziąć, vzít, uzeti.
English
to take
Polish
brać
bratɕCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianбратьbratʹbratʲinherited
- Ukrainianбра́тиbratyˈbratɪinherited
- Polishbraćbratɕinherited
- Czechbrátbraːtinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianbratiбратиˈbratiinherited
Usually 'to pick, gather'; 'take' is uzimati.
- Englishto take
Distant English relative: bear — Bear 'carry' and *bьrati share the Indo-European root *bʰer-.