Where does “Кытай” come from?

Кытай (Tatar) comes from Khitan Khita.

Ancestry of “Кытай”, step by step

Кытай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Khitan Khita

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhitanKhita—

via Khitan Khitan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1KhitanKhitan—
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