The Fall of the Jers

Introduction

Beginners may be frustrated at how Russian sometimes deletes a vowel (подарок > подарки), and sometimes inserts a vowel (окно > окон). Did you know that these alternations developed from the same source? Historical linguistics can often shed light on what otherwise might seem like random changes…

1 Introduction

2 Practice
Click the arrow to see the modern Russian words that developed from the words above.
братство, конец, конца, он, день, собрать, лоб, лба

Click the arrow to see the modern Russian words that developed from the words above.
подарок, подарком, нос, рот, рта, ложка, стол, столом