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Where does “אוקראַיִן” come from?

אוקראַיִן (Yiddish) comes from Ukrainian Україна, from Old East Slavic Украина, from Russian Украи́на, from Slavic Оукраина, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic krájīˀtei — to sift, to separate.

אוקראַיִן (Yiddish): Ukraine

Definitions

  1. Ukraine

Ancestry of “אוקראַיִן”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1UkrainianУкраїна—
2Old East SlavicУкраина—
3RussianУкраи́наUkraine
4SlavicОукраина—
5Old East Slavicкраиedge; land, country
6Proto-Slavickrajьedge, end
7Proto-Slavickrojitito cut
8Proto-Balto-Slavickrájīˀtei—
9Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-eye-ti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankroyh₁-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeankroh₁y-—
12Proto-Indo-Europeankreh₁y-to sift, to separate

Words derived from “אוקראַיִן”

  • אוקראַיִנער
  • אוקראַיִניש
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