Food & drink

vegetable

Source:*ovotjьProto-Slavic · “fruit, produce”certain

The Slavic word for 'fruit' (owoc, ovoce, voće) became 'vegetable' in East Slavic.

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English

vegetable

Polish

warzywo

vaˈʐɨvɔ

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Latin under Cyrillic

Russian
о́вощovošč
ˈovəɕːChurch Slavonic
The щ for *tj is the Church Slavonic shape; the native one would have ч.
Ukrainian
о́вочovoč
ˈɔʋɔtʃinherited
Native East Slavic ч for *tj.
Polish
warzywo
vaˈʐɨvɔdifferent word · Polish warzyć 'to cook' (Proto-Slavic *variti)
Czech
zelenina
ˈzɛlɛɲɪnadifferent word · Proto-Slavic *zelenъ 'green'
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
povrćeповрће
ˈpovr̩tɕedifferent word · BCS vrt 'garden'
English
vegetable

Russian о́вощ “vegetable (usually plural о́вощи)”Ukrainian о́воч “vegetable (usually plural о́вочі)”Polish owoc “fruit”Czech ovoce “fruit (collective)”Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian voće “fruit (collective)”
Russian 'fruit' is фру́кты, Ukrainian фру́кти; 'vegetables' are Polish warzywa, Czech zelenina, BCS povrće.