Where does “Kharkov” come from?

Kharkov is the English name for a city whose Russian name Ха́рьков derives from an unknown source.

Ancestry of “Kharkov”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianХа́рьков
Every word from Russian Ха́рьков
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