Where does “Minsk” come from?

Minsk (French) comes from Belarusian Мінск, from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ — Minsk.

Ancestry of “Minsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BelarusianМінск—
2Old East SlavicМѣньскъMinsk
Every word from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ →Every word from Belarusian Мінск →
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