Where does “Mát-xcơ-va” come from?
Mát-xcơ-va (Vietnamese) comes from Russian Москва́, from Old East Slavic Москꙑ, from Proto-Slavic mosky.
Ancestry of “Mát-xcơ-va”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Russian | Москва́ | Moscow |
| 2 | Old East Slavic | Москꙑ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | mosky | — |