Where does “Kiëfs” come from?

Kiëfs (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans kief, from Dutch Kiev, from Russian Ки́ев, from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ.

Kiëfs (Afrikaans): Kievan of, from, or pertaining to the

Definitions

  1. Kievan of, from, or pertaining to the

Ancestry of “Kiëfs”, step by step

Kiëfs traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans kief

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanskiefgreat, excellent; cool, awesome
2DutchKiev—
3RussianКи́евKiev
4Old East SlavicКꙑевъ—

via Afrikaans s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanss—
Every word from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ →Every word from Russian Ки́ев →Every word from Dutch Kiev →