Body
tooth
Source:*zǫbъProto-Slaviccertain
English
tooth
Polish
ząb
zɔmpCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianзубzubzupinherited
- Ukrainianзубzubzubinherited
- Polishząbzɔmpinherited
Only Polish kept the nasal vowel: ząb, plural zęby.
- Czechzubzupinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbianzubзубzubinherited
- Englishtooth
Distant English relative: comb — English comb comes from the same Indo-European word, once meaning a row of teeth.