False Friends in Slavic Languages

• is a complete false friend in Belarusian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Polish, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian and Serbian.
• does not have any formally similar counterparts in Ukrainian.

• The Kashubian meaning ‘groats’ is unique.
• The meaning ‘canon’ (not present in Kashubian ‘pëszka’) is attested in Belarusian пушка and Russian пушка.
• The meaning ‘rifle’ (not present in Kashubian ‘pëszka’) is attested in Bosnian puška, Bulgarian пушка, Croatian puška, Czech puška, Macedonian пушка, Serbian пушка, Slovak puška and Slovenian puška.
• The meaning ‘tin Br., can Am.’ (not present in Kashubian ‘pëszka’) is attested in Polish puszka.
• The meaning ‘open sea’ (not present in Kashubian ‘pëszka’) is attested in Croatian pučina.
• The meaning ‘abyss’ (not present in Kashubian ‘pëszka’) is attested in Russian пучина.

NB: No information yet for Lower Sorbian and Upper Sorbian.