Animals & plants
tree
Source:*dervoProto-Slaviccertain
Pleophony with e: дерево against drzewo and Czech dřevo.
English
tree
Polish
drzewo
ˈdʐɛvɔCognate· distant (Indo-European)Same source — the sound laws connect them.
In all five languages
BCS script
- Russianде́ревоderevoˈdʲerʲɪvəinherited
- Ukrainianде́ревоderevoˈdɛrɛʋɔinherited
- Polishdrzewoˈdʐɛvɔinherited
- Czechstromstrom
Czech dřevo, the cognate, means 'wood' (the material).
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiandrvoдрвоˈdr̩voinherited
Also 'wood'; Croatian also says stablo.
- Englishtree
Distant English relative — Tree and *dervo share an Indo-European root.