Etymograph

English

Kievan

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

  1. Old East SlavicmodernКꙑевъ
  2. RussianmodernКи́евKíjev
  3. EnglishtodayKievan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old East SlavicmodernКꙑевъ
  2. RussianmodernКи́евKíjev
  3. EnglishtodayKievan

Formed from Kiev + -an

Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ

Russian Ки́ев

English Kiev

Today it means

adj Of or associated with the city of Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine).

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

Etymograph / Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ / Kievan