Where does “давньокитайський” come from?

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

давньокитайський (Ukrainian): ancient Chinese

Definitions

  1. ancient Chinese

Ancestry of “давньокитайський”, step by step

давньокитайський traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian Кита́й

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianКита́й—
2Old East SlavicКитаиQara Khitai people
3Old Turkic𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪Khitans
4Khitan𘱿𘲫—

via Ukrainian да́вній

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianда́внійold, ancient, age-old, distant, bygone
2Proto-Slavicdavьnъancient, past
Every word from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 →Every word from Old East Slavic Китаи →
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