English
Kiou
Kiou comes from Middle Polish Kijów.
- Middle PolishmodernKijów
- Englishearliest quotation 1613Kiou
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle PolishmodernKijów
- Englishearliest quotation 1613Kiou
Earliest quotation: 1613, Samuel Purchas, London: […] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone: “Thence they paſſed into Ruſſia, and made foule hauocke…”
Every English word from Middle Polish Kijów
Today it means
name Kyiv
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle Polish Kijów / Kiou