Where does “Кітай” come from?

Кітай (Belarusian) comes from Old East Slavic Китаи, from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪, from Khitan 𘱿𘲫.

Ancestry of “Кітай”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old East SlavicКитаиQara Khitai people
2Old Turkic𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪Khitans
3Khitan𘱿𘲫—
Every word from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 →Every word from Old East Slavic Китаи →