Etymology Explorer
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Where does “Kiev” come from?
Kiev (Dutch) comes from Russian Ки́ев, from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ.
Ancestry of “Kiev”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Russian
Ки́ев
Kiev
2
Old East Slavic
Кꙑевъ
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Words derived from “Kiev”
kief
Kiëfs
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