Time & numbers

Wednesday

Source:*serdaProto-Slavic · “middle”certain

The 'middle' of the week. Ukrainian kept the East Slavic two-vowel shape; Russian uses the Church Slavonic one.

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English

Wednesday

Polish

środa

ˈɕrɔda

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Russian
среда́sreda
srʲɪˈdaChurch Slavonic
The native pleophonic shape survives in середи́на 'middle'.
Ukrainian
середа́sereda
sɛrɛˈdainherited
Polish
środa
ˈɕrɔdainherited
Czech
středa
ˈstr̝ɛdainherited
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
srijeda / sredaсриједа / среда
ˈsrijedainherited
English
Wednesday