Proto-Indo-European root
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English cognate
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Polish cognate
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*bʰardʰéh₂
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beard
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broda (“beard”)
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*bʰébʰrus
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beaver
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bóbr (“beaver”)
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*bʰéreti
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bear
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brać (“to take”)
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*bʰeyh₂-
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bive
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bać (“to be afraid, to fear”)
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*bʰerǵʰos
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bargh, barrow, berg, berry
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brzeg (“bank, coast, shore”)
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*bʰorwos
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barrow
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browek (“male piglet”, dialectal)
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*bʰosós
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bare
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bosy (“barefooted, unshod”)
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*bʰréh₂tēr
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brother
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brat (“brother”)
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*der-
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tear
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drzeć (“to rend, to tear”)
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*derHgʰ-
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tarry
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dziergać (“to crochet, to embroider”)
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*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
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tongue
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język (“language, tongue”, suffixed)
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*dóru
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tree
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drzewo (“tree”)
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*dʰayl-
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deal
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dział (“section”)
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*dʰéh₁t
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do
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dziać (“to happen, to knit”)
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*dʰol-
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dale
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dół (“bottom, pit”)
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*dʰrágʰyeh₂
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dregs
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drożdże (“yeast”)
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*dʰugh₂tḗr
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daughter
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córa (“daughter”)
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*dʰwes-
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deer
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duch (“ghost, spirit”)
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*dʰwṓr
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door
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drzwi (“door”), dźwierze (“door”, archaic)
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*ǵénh₁tis
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kind
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zięć (“son-in-law”)
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*ǵn̥néh₃ti
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can, con, cun
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znać (“to be acquainted with, to know”)
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*ǵómbʰos
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comb
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ząb (“tooth”)
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*ǵr̥h₂nóm
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corn, grain
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ziarno (“grain”)
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*ǵyewh₁-
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chew
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żuć (“to chew”)
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*ǵʰh₂éns
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goose
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gęś (“goose”)
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*ǵʰl̥h₃tós
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gold
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żółty (“yellow”)
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*gʰóstis
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guest, host
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gość (“guest”)
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*gʰrebʰ-
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grave, graven
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grześć (“to bury”)
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*gʰróbʰ-
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grave
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grób (“grave”)
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*gnétti
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knead
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gnieść (“to crumple, to crush, to knead”)
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*golHwos
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callow
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głowa (“head”)
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*gʷḗn
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queen
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żona (“wife”)
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*gʷih₃wós
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quick
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żywy (“alive”)
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*gʷréh₂wō
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quern
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żarna (“quern”)
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*Hrugʰís
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rye
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reż (“rye”, obsolete)
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*h₁édti
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eat
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jeść (“to eat”)
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*h₁én
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in
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w (“in”)
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*h₁nómn̥
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name
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imię (“name”)
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*h₁ól-ḱ-is ~ h₁él-ḱ-is
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elk
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łoś (“elk, moose”)
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*h₁ówHdʰr̥
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udder
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wymię (“udder”)
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*h₁rebʰ-
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rib
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żebro (“rib”)
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*h₁rowdʰós
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red
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rudy (“red-haired”)
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*h₁widʰéwh₂
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widow
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wdowa (“widow”)
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*h₁wíteros
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wither
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wtóry (“second”, archaic)
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*h₂éngulos
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ankle
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węgieł (“corner, quoin”)
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*h₂érh₃trom
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ard
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radło (“ard, lister”)
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*h₂éryeti
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ear
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orać (“to plough”)
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*h₂eḱmoros
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hammer
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kamor (“large stone”)
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*h₂er-
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arm
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ramię (“shoulder, upper arm”)
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*h₂moldus
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mild
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młody (“young”)
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*h₂ówis
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ewe
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owca (“ewe, sheep”, suffixed)
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*h₂ṓws
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ear
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ucho (“ear, lug”)
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*h₂ōwyóm
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egg, ey
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jajo (“egg”)
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*h₂sowsos
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sear
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suchy (“dry”)
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*h₂welh₁dʰ-
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wield
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władać (“to reign, to rule”)
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*h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂
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wool
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wełna (“wool”)
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*h₃bʰrúHs
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brow
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brew (“eyebrow”)
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*h₃ókʷs
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eye
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oko (“eye”)
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*ḱerdʰ-
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herd
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czereda (“crowd, host, pack”), trzoda (“flock, herd”)
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*ḱolh₂-
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culm, haulm
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słoma (“straw”)
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*ḱrapo-
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roof
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strop (“ceiling”)
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*ḱr̥h₂nós
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horn
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sarna (“roe deer”)
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*ḱweytos
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white
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świat (“world”)
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*kewh₂-
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hew
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kuć (“to forge”)
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*kleh₂-
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lade
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kłaść (“to lay, to put”)
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*kéh₂ilos
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hale, whole
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cały (“intact, whole”)
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*kréwh₂s
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raw
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krew (“blood”)
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*kr̥h₂-s-ḗr ~ *kr̥h₂-s-n-ós
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hornet
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szerszeń (“hornet”)
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*kʷóteros
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whether
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który (“which one”)
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*kʷoynéh₂
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pain
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cena (“price”)
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*légʰyeti
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lie
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leżeć (“to be situated, to lie, to recline”)
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*lewbʰos
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lief
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luby (“beloved”)
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*lewgʰ-
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lie
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łgać (“to lie, to tell falsehood”)
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*lewk-
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lynx
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ryś (“lynx”)
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*leyǵʰ-
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lick
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lizać (“to lick”)
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*logʰéyeti
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lay
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łożyć (“to defray, to lay out”)
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*loypéyeti
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leave
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lepić (“to mold”)
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*médʰu
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mead
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miód (“honey”)
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*méh₂tēr
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mother
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macierz (“matrix, motherland”)
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*me-mógʰ-e ~ *me-m̥gʰ-ḗr
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may
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móc (“to be able”)
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*meyḱ-
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mix
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miesić (“to knead”)
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*mogʰtis
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might
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moc (“might, power”)
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*monogʰos
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many
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mnogi (“plural”)
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*mosgʰós
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marrow
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mózg (“brain”)
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*moynéyeti
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mean
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mienić (“to flicker, to glisten”)
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*musom
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moss
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mech (“moss”)
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*múh₂s
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mouse
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mysz (“mouse”)
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*néh₂s
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nose
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nos (“nose”)
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*nogʷós
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nake
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nagi (“naked, nude”)
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*new-
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new
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nowy (“new, novel”)
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*-níd-
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nit
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gnida (“nit”)
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*nisdós
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nest
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gniazdo (“nest, socket”)
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*nókʷts
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night
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noc (“night”)
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*péh₂wr̥
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fire
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perz (“couch grass”)
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*péth₂r̥
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feather
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pióro (“feather, fountain pen”)
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*perd-
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fart
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pierdzieć (“to fart”)
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*pḱórmos
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harm
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srom (“shame, vulva”)
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*pl̥h₁nós
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full
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pełny (“filled, full, unabridged”)
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*plúsis
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flea
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pchła (“flea”)
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*pn̥kʷstis
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fist
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pięść (“fist”)
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*pṓds
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foot
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spód (“bottom, underside”)
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*pórḱos
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farrow, pork
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prosię (“piglet”)
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*polHwos
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fallow
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płowy (“fallow, fawn”)
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*priHeh₂yeti
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free
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sprzyjać (“to favour”, prefixed)
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*séh₁yeti
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sow
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siać (“to sow”)
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*séh₁mn̥
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semen
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siemię (“flaxseed”)
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*séh₂ls
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salt
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sól (“salt”)
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*seh₂-
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sad
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syty (“sated, satiated”)
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*seykʷ-
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sie
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szczać (“to piss”)
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*sḱeh₃iros
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hoar
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szary (“grey”)
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*sḱēy-
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sheer
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szczery (“earnest, sincere”)
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*skéydt
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shit
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cedzić (“to filter, to strain”)
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*skek-
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shake
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skoczyć (“to jump, to leap”)
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*skek-
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shag
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skakać (“to jump, to leap”)
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*skewbʰ-
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shove
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skubać (“to pluck”)
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*skewd-
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shoot
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kidać (“to scatter, to throw”, dialectal)
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*skewh₁-
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show
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chować (“to conceal, to hide, to rear”)
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*skrengʰ-
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ring
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krąg (“circle”), kręg (“vertebra”)
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*smal-
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small
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mały (“little, small”)
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*snóygʷʰos
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snow
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śnieg (“snow”)
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*sodéyeti
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set
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sadzić (“to plant”)
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*somHós
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same
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sam (“alone”)
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*spenh₁-
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spin
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piąć (“to ascend, to climb, to trail”)
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*spoHy-
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foam
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piana (“foam, froth”)
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*stéh₂dʰh₁om
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stud
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stado (“drove, herd, troop”)
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*steh₂wéyeti
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stow
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stawić (“to show up, to turn up”)
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*stel-
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stell
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słać, ścielić (“to make the bed, to spread”)
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*steyh₂-
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stain, stone
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ściana (“wall”)
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*sth₂rós
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stour
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stary (“old”)
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*strēl-
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strale, streal
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strzała (“arrow”)
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*streyg-
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strike
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strzyc (“to clip, to shear, to trim”)
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*suH-
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swine
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świnia (“pig”)
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*suHnús
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son
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syn (“son”)
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*swésōr
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sister
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siostra (“sister”)
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*swer-
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swear
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swarzyć (“to feud, to quarrel”)
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*syúh₁ti
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sew
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szyć (“to sew”)
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*táwros
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steer
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tur (“aurochs”)
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*terh₁-
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throw
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trzeć (“to rub”)
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*tr̥nós
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thorn
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cierń (“prickle, thorn”), tarń (“blackthorn”)
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*trowdos
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threat
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trud (“toil”)
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*trósdos
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thrush
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drozd (“thrush”)
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*tuHsont-
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thousand
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tysiąc (“thousand”)
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*túh₂
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thou
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ty (“you”, singular)
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*udrós
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otter
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wydra (“otter”)
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*wéǵʰeti
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weigh
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wieźć (“to carry, to drive”)
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*weh₂b-
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weep
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wabić (“to lure”)
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*wĺ̥kʷos
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wolf
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wilk (“lupus, wolf”)
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*woǵʰéyeti
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wedge
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wozić (“to carry, to drive”)
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*woḱso-
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wax
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wosk (“wax”)
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*wódr̥
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water
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woda (“water”)
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*wóps
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wasp
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osa (“wasp”)
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*wóyde
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weet, wit
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wiedzieć (“to know as a fact”)
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Proto-Indo-European root
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English cognate
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Polish cognate
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