Mind & speech

to understand

Source:*orzumětiProto-Slavic · “*orz- + *umъ 'mind'”certain

To understand is to 'take apart with the mind'; Russian instead 'grasps' (по-ня́ть).

I knowI'm learning

English

to understand

Polish

rozumieć

rɔˈzumjɛtɕ

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Russian
понима́тьponimatʹ
pənʲɪˈmatʲdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *pojęti 'to grasp' (*jęti 'take')
Разуме́ть, the cognate, is archaic.
Ukrainian
розумі́тиrozumity
rɔzuˈmʲitɪinherited
Polish
rozumieć
rɔˈzumjɛtɕinherited
Czech
rozumět
ˈrozumɲɛtinherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
razumjeti / razumetiразумјети / разумети
raˈzumjetiinherited
English
to understand