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There is an old Slavic word "vtorý" for "second" (not sure about spelling, but it is documented for example in old church Slavonic). Russian still uses "vtoroj"
by ursusmaritimus 4y ago
There is an old Slavic word "vtorý" for "second" (not sure about spelling, but it is documented for example in old church Slavonic). Russian still uses "vtoroj" for "second". Several other Slavic languages have a word for Tuesday based on this root, even though their usual word for "second" follows a systematic derivation based on "dva" (two). Examples includes Czech and Slovak ("úterý" for Tuesday in both) and Polish ("wtorek").
- Void_ 4y agoYou’d think old Church Slavonic to be an obscure language, but in my local church (in eastern Slovakia) you can attend a liturgy in this language twice a week.
- ajuc 4y agoPolish uses both "drugi" and "wtóry" for second (wtóry sounds old style, but most people understand it).
- seba_dos1 4y agoIt's also still retained in words that mean "repeat(ed)" - powtórzyć, powtórny.