Where does “Kitai” come from?

Kitai (Veps) comes from Russian Кита́й, from Old East Slavic Китаи, from Old Turkic 𐰶𐰃𐱃𐰪, from Khitan 𘱿𘲫.

Kitai (Veps): China

Definitions

  1. China

Ancestry of “Kitai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКита́йChina
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 →