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   From: naddy@mips.inka.de   
      
   On 2024-10-24, Ed Cryer  wrote:   
      
   [Czech]   
   >> For example, the word for "house" is "dům". Its declensions might look   
   >> like this:   
   >   
   > It's probably from Latin "domus".   
      
   You might think that, but the etymological consensus is that Slavic   
   "dom" and Latin "domus" are cognates, both going back to PIE *dṓm.   
      
   The -ů-/-o- alternation in the Czech word is a common pattern, due to   
   a soundshift from earlier long ó > uo > ů [uː]. Polish has a similar   
   alternation -ó- [u]/-o-, albeit not in this word.   
      
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