Where does “كييف” come from?

كييف (Hijazi Arabic) comes from Russian Ки́ев, from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ.

Ancestry of “كييف”, step by step

كييف traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Ки́ев

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКи́евKiev
2Old East SlavicКꙑевъ—

via Ukrainian Ки́їв

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianКи́їв—
Every word from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ →Every word from Russian Ки́ев →