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Source:*dervoProto-Slaviccertain

Pleophony with e: дерево against drzewo and Czech dřevo.

English

tree

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    де́ревоderevo
    ˈdʲerʲɪvəinherited
  • Ukrainian
    де́ревоderevo
    ˈdɛrɛʋɔinherited
  • Polish
    drzewo
    ˈdʐɛvɔinherited
  • Czech
    strom
    stromdifferent word · Czech, of uncertain origin

    Czech dřevo, the cognate, means 'wood' (the material).

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    drvoдрво
    ˈdr̩voinherited

    Also 'wood'; Croatian also says stablo.

  • English
    tree

    Distant English relative — Tree and *dervo share an Indo-European root.

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