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water

Source:*vodaProto-Slaviccertain

English

water

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    вода́voda
    vɐˈdainherited
  • Ukrainian
    вода́voda
    ʋɔˈdainherited
  • Polish
    woda
    ˈvɔdainherited
  • Czech
    voda
    ˈvodainherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    vodaвода
    ˈvodainherited
  • English
    water

    Distant English relative — Water and *voda go back to one Indo-European word; vodka is 'little water'.