Where does “מינסק” come from?

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

מינסק (Yiddish): the Belarusian government

Definitions

  1. the Belarusian government

Ancestry of “מינסק”, step by step

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

Words derived from “מינסק”

Every word from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ →Every word from Belarusian Мінск →Every word from Polish Mińsk →