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who

Source:*kъtoProto-Slaviccertain

English

who

Polish

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

In all five languages

BCS script
  • Russian
    ктоkto
    ktoinherited
  • Ukrainian
    хтоxto
    xtɔinherited

    The k softened to х before the t.

  • Polish
    kto
    ktɔinherited
  • Czech
    kdo
    ɡdoinherited

    Czech voiced the t to d.

  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    koко
    koinherited

    Standard-specific words: tko (Croatian)

  • English
    who

    Distant English relative — English who and Latin quis share the Indo-European question stem *kʷo- with *kъto.

Sound laws at work