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tooth

Source:*zǫbъProto-Slaviccertain

English

tooth

Polish

ząb
zɔmp
Cognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    зубzub
    zupinherited
  • Ukrainian
    зубzub
    zubinherited
  • Polish
    ząb
    zɔmpinherited

    Only Polish kept the nasal vowel: ząb, plural zęby.

  • Czech
    zub
    zupinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    zubзуб
    zubinherited
  • English
    tooth

    Distant English relative: comb — English comb comes from the same Indo-European word, once meaning a row of teeth.

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