łabędź = swan in Polish
What Polish “łabędź” (swan), Irish “Alba” (Scotland), English “Alps”, Finish “kalvas” (pale), Romanian “alb” (white) and German “Elbe” (name of European river) have in common?
They are all cognates and they come from the Proto-Indo-European word “albhós” meaning “white”. I love languages because they are connected with each other in such an inapparent way.
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