English
Moskva
Moskva comes from Russian Москва́, and goes back to Old East Slavic *Москꙑ.
- Old East Slavicmodern*Москꙑreconstructed
- RussianmodernМосква́
- Englishearliest quotation 1928Moskva
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Old East Slavicmodern*Москꙑreconstructed
- RussianmodernМосква́
- Englishearliest quotation 1928Moskva
Earliest quotation: 1928, an English Europasian: “The Great, Little and White Russians still occupy their…”
Every English word from Old East Slavic *Москꙑ
Today it means
name A river in Russia, a tributary of the Oka.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old East Slavic *Москꙑ / Moskva