Nature
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
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BCS script
- Russianмирmirmʲir
мир means both 'world' and 'peace'; свет keeps the sense 'world' in phrases like Новый Свет 'the New World'.
- Ukrainianсвітsvitsʋʲitinherited
- Polishświatɕfjatinherited
- Czechsvětsvjɛtinherited
- Bosnian-Croatian-Serbiansvijet / svetсвијет / светˈsvijetinherited
- Englishworld