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Source:*oknoProto-Slavic · “window; related to *oko 'eye'”certain

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okno
ˈɔknɔ
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  • Russian
    окно́okno
    ɐkˈnoinherited
  • Ukrainian
    вікно́vikno
    ʋʲikˈnɔinherited

    Ukrainian added a prothetic в and turned o into і in the closed syllable.

  • Polish
    okno
    ˈɔknɔinherited
  • Czech
    okno
    ˈoknoinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    prozorпрозор
    ˈprozordifferent word · Proto-Slavic *prozorъ 'opening to see through', from *zьrěti 'to look'

    BCS okno means a window pane or a shaft.

  • English
    window

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