Where does “Μόσχα” come from?
Μόσχα (Greek) comes from Russian Москва́, from Old East Slavic Москꙑ, from Proto-Slavic mosky.
Ancestry of “Μόσχα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | Москва́ | Moscow |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | Москꙑ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mosky | — |