Мѣнскъ

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• Мѣ́нескъ (Mě́nesk)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic Мѣньскъ (Měnĭskŭ).

Proper noun

Мѣнскъ • (Měnsk) m

1. Minsk

Descendants

• Belarusian: Менск (Mjensk)
• Old Ukrainian:
  • Ukrainian: Мінськ (Minsʹk)
  • → Belarusian: Мінск (Minsk)
    • → Carpathian Rusyn: Мінск (Minsk)
    • → Russian: Минск (Minsk)

Further reading

• Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1977), “*Мѣнскъ”, in Словник староукраїнської мови XIV–XV ст. (in Ukrainian), volume 1 (А – М), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka, page 627