Where does “китайський” come from?

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

китайський (Ukrainian): Chinese

Definitions

  1. Chinese

Ancestry of “китайський”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianКита́й—
2Old East SlavicКитаиQara Khitai people
3Old Turkic𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪Khitans
4Khitan𘱿𘲫—
Every word from Khitan 𘱿𘲫 →Every word from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪 →Every word from Old East Slavic Китаи →