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“If you start comparing English and Yiddish most words will be almost the same.”

But it does not work this way with slavic languages. I add equivalents in Russian, only a few words sound almost the same.

nose = nooz = ??? (nos)

hand = hant = ???? (ruka)

ear = oiyer = ??? (uho) h- like in “cholim”

good = gut = ?????? (horosho) h – like in “cholim”

year = yohr = ??? (god)

brerad = broit = ???? (hleb) h – like in “cholim”

butter = puter = ????? (maslo)

milk = milech = ?????? (moloko)

cheese = kayz = ??? (sir)

father = fohter = ???? (otetz)

mother = muter = ???? (mat’)

brother = bruder = ???? (brat)

sister = shvester = ?????? (sestra)

month = monat = ????? (mesjatz)

hear = hoor = ??????? (slishat’)

hour = oor = ??? (chas)ch – like in “cholen”

side = zeit = ??????? (storona)

soup = zup = ??? (sup)

salt = zaltz = ???? (sol’)

water = vaser = ???? (voda)

cold = kalt = ????? (holodno)h – like in “cholim”

hot = heis = ????? (zharko)

warm = varem = ????? (teplo)

arm = orem = ???? (ruka)

stay = shtein = ???? (stoj)

stone = shtein = ?????? (kamen’)

go = gei = ??? (idi)

gold = guld = ?????? (zoloto)

silver = zilber = ??????? (serebro)

coper = kuper = ???? (med’)

diamond = dimant = ????? (almaz)