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Where does “Mińsk” come from?

Mińsk (Polish) comes from Belarusian Мінск, from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ.

Ancestry of “Mińsk”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1BelarusianМінск—
2Old East SlavicМѣньскъ—

Words derived from “Mińsk”

  • Minsko
  • Mińsk
  • Мінск
Every word from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ →