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Where does “מינסק” come from?

מינסק (Yiddish) comes from Russian Минск, from Polish Mińsk, from Belarusian Мінск, from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ.

Ancestry of “מינסק”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianМинск—
2PolishMińsk—
3BelarusianМінск—
4Old East SlavicМѣньскъ—

Words derived from “מינסק”

  • מינסקער
Every word from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ →