Etymograph

English

Kiev

Kiev comes from Russian Ки́ев, and goes back to Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ.

  1. Old East SlavicmodernКꙑевъKyjevŭ
  2. RussianmodernКи́евKíjev
  3. EnglishtodayKiev

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old East SlavicmodernКꙑевъKyjevŭ
  2. RussianmodernКи́евKíjev
  3. EnglishtodayKiev

The story

From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), which folk-etymology derives from the name of city's legendary founder Kyi.folk etymology The source marks this as unproven or a folk etymology. Quoted, not asserted. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (‘stick, club, hammer’) (compare to Russian кий (kij)).

Every English word from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ

Today it means

name Alternative form of Kyiv: The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ / Kiev

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