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to want

Source:*xotětiProto-Slaviccertain

West and South Slavic lost the first vowel (chcieć, chtít, htjeti); East Slavic kept it.

English

to want

Polish

chcieć
xtɕɛtɕ
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In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    хоте́тьxotetʹ
    xɐˈtʲetʲinherited
  • Ukrainian
    хоті́тиxotity
    xɔˈtʲitɪinherited
  • Polish
    chcieć
    xtɕɛtɕinherited
  • Czech
    chtít
    xciːtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    htjeti / htetiхтјети / хтети
    ˈxtjetiinherited
  • English
    to want

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