# Київ
## Carpathian Rusyn
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian Кїєвъ (Kijev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), Old Ukrainian *Кійеу꙼ of uncertain origin.

### Proper noun

Ки́їв • (Kýjiv) m
* Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

#### Further reading

Kercha, Ihor (2012) “Киев”, in Словник русько-русинськый: у 2 т. [Russian-Rusyn Dictionary: in 2 vols] (overall work in Russian and Carpathian Rusyn), Uzhhorod: PoliPrint

## Ukrainian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Ruthenian Кїєвъ (Kijev), from Old East Slavic Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ), of uncertain origin.
The traditional etymology is from the name of a legendary founder, Kyi. However, historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky warned that this was an “etymological myth”.
A proposal by linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj, accepted by several linguists and supported by multiple lines of evidence, holds that Київ (Kyjiv) comes rather from Proto-Slavic *kyjь (“stick, club, hammer”) (compare to Ukrainian кий (kyj)), in that case meaning a settlement palisaded by poles. See also Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɪjiu̯]
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Ки́їв • (Kýjiv) m inan (genitive Ки́єва, uncountable, relational adjective ки́ївський)
* Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)
    у Ки́єві, у Ки́єву ― u Kýjevi, u Kýjevu ― in Kyiv
    у Ки́їв, до Ки́єва ― u Kýjiv, do Kýjeva ― to Kyiv
    з Ки́єва ― z Kýjeva ― from Kyiv

#### Derived terms

* Ки́євець (Kýjevecʹ)
* Ки́єво- (Kýjevo-)
* Ки́ївська о́бласть (Kýjivsʹka óblastʹ)
* Ки́ївська Русь (Kýjivsʹka Rusʹ)
* ки́ївський (kýjivsʹkyj)
* Ки́ївщина (Kýjivščyna)
* кия́нин (kyjányn), кия́нка (kyjánka)
* кия́нський (kyjánsʹkyj)

#### Descendants

* → Afrikaans: Kijif
* → Asturian: Kíiv
* → Breton: Kyiv
* → Catalan: Kíiv
* → Danish: Kyiv
* → Galician: Kíiv
* → German: Ky­jiw
* → English: Kyiv, Kyïv, Kyjiv, Kyyiv
* → Extremaduran: Kyiv
* → French: Kyïv
* → Icelandic: Kýiv
* → Irish: Cív
* → Japanese: キーウ (Kīu)
* → Korean: 키이우 (kiiu)
* → Luxembourgish: Ky­jiw
* → Manx: Kyiv
* → North Frisian: Kyjiw
* → Norwegian: Kyiv
* → Occitan: Kyiv
* → Piedmontese: Kijv
* → Russian: Киев (Kijev)
* → Scots: Kyiv
* → Scottish Gaelic: Coighìbh
* → Slovak: Kyjev
* → Walloon: Kiyif
* → Welsh: Kyiv

### Further reading

* Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1972–1982) “Ки́їв”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, volumes 2 (Д – Ь), Ottawa: Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN, page 660
* Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Київ”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 259
* Stryzhak, O. S., editor (1985), “Кыєвъ”, in Етимологічний словник літописних географічних назв Південної Русі [Etymological Dictionary of Chronicle Geographical Names of Southern Rus'] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 77
* Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1985), “кий”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 2 (Д – Копці), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 430
* “Київ”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
* “Ки́їв”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “Ки́їв”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “Київ”, in English-Ukrainian Dictionaries