Where does “Минск” come from?

Минск (Russian) comes from Polish Mińsk, from Belarusian Мінск, from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ — Minsk.

Ancestry of “Минск”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishMińsk—
2BelarusianМінск—
3Old East SlavicМѣньскъMinsk

Words derived from “Минск”

Every word from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ →Every word from Belarusian Мінск →Every word from Polish Mińsk →