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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic кꙑꙗнинъ (kyjaninŭ). Cognate with Old Novgorodian кꙑꙗнине (kyjanine).
Noun
кїꙗ́нинъ • (kijánin) m pers
- Kyivan, Kyivite (resident of Kyiv and nearby lands)
- Synonyms: кїєвлꙗнинъ (kijevljanin), кїєвецъ (kijevecʹ)
Descendants
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (1996), “киянинъ, киенинъ”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 15 (катъ – коречный), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 96