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Where does “Китаи” come from?

Китаи (Old East Slavic) comes from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪, from Khitan 𘱿𘲫.

Ancestry of “Китаи”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Turkic𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪—
2Khitan𘱿𘲫—
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