Town & work

village

Source:*vьsьProto-Slavic · “village”certain

Two old words split the map: *vьsь in Polish and Czech, *selo in Ukrainian and BCS (and Russian село).

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English

village

Polish

wieś

vjɛɕ

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Russian
дере́вняderevnja
dʲɪˈrʲevnʲədifferent word · Old Russian деревня 'farmstead, ploughland' (origin debated)
Russian село́ is a larger village, traditionally one with a church.
Ukrainian
село́selo
sɛˈlɔdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *selo 'settlement'
Polish
wieś
vjɛɕinherited
Czech
vesnice
ˈvɛsɲɪtsɛinherited
A derivative of ves, which survives in place names and set phrases.
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
seloсело
ˈselodifferent word · Proto-Slavic *selo 'settlement'
English
village