Where does “אוקראַיִניש” come from?
אוקראַיִניש (Yiddish) comes from Yiddish אוקראַיִנע, from Ukrainian Украї́на, from Old East Slavic Украина, from Russian Украи́на, from Slavic Оукраина, from Old East Slavic краи, from Proto-Slavic krajь, from Proto-Slavic krojiti — to sift, to separate.
אוקראַיִניש (Yiddish): Ukrainian language; Ukrainian
Definitions
- Ukrainian language; Ukrainian
Ancestry of “אוקראַיִניש”, step by step