Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗The capital city of Ukraine and the administrative centre of Kyiv Oblast. · An oblast of Ukraine. Seat: Kyiv. · The government of Ukraine. · Synonym of Kievan Rus: a former principality in Europe centered on Kyiv.
Alternative form of kiev (“chicken Kiev or similar dish”).
From Russian Ки́ев (Kíjev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), which folk-etymology derives from the name of city's legendary founder Kyi. Other proposals derive it from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Russian кий (kij)). See also at the article about Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).
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