Etymograph

English

Kyiv

Kyiv may come from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ.

  1. Old East SlavicmodernКꙑевъKyjevŭuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Kyiv

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old East SlavicmodernКꙑевъKyjevŭuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2022Kyiv

Earliest quotation: 2022, Ivana Kottasová, ‘Kamikaze’ drones are the latest threat for Ukraine. Here’s : “The Ukrainian government says Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia and…”

The story

Transliteration of Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), traditionally said to derive from the name of city's legendary founder, Kyi. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (‘stick, club, hammer’) (compare to Ukrainian кий (kyj)).

Every English word from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ

Today it means

name The capital city of Ukraine and regional administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast.

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

Etymograph / Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ / Kyiv

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