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world

Source:*světъProto-Slavic · “light, world”certain

The world as 'what the light falls on': the same *světъ gives 'light' in Russian свет.

English

world

Polish

świat
ɕfjat
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  • Russian
    мирmir
    mʲirdifferent word · Proto-Slavic *mirъ 'peace, community'

    мир means both 'world' and 'peace'; свет keeps the sense 'world' in phrases like Новый Свет 'the New World'.

  • Ukrainian
    світsvit
    sʋʲitinherited
  • Polish
    świat
    ɕfjatinherited
  • Czech
    svět
    svjɛtinherited
  • Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian
    svijet / svetсвијет / свет
    ˈsvijetinherited
  • English
    world

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