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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from Middle Russian Россі́ꙗ (Rossíja), Росі́ꙗ (Rosíja) or directly from Byzantine Greek Ῥωσσία (Rhōssía), Ῥωσία (Rhōsía), from Ῥῶς (Rhôs), from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ).
Proper noun
Россїꙗ • (Rossija) f
- Muscovy, Tsardom of Russia
Descendants