Кꙑевъ

• Киевъ (Kijevŭ) — Late form

Uncertain:

• Traditionally concidered to be derived from the city's founder Кꙑи (Kyi), meaning "Kyi's [city]". This has been dismissed by Michael Hrushevsky as folk etymology.
• According to Jaroslav Rudnyckyj and the Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages, the name derives from кии (kii, “pole”), maybe referring to the fact the city was palisaded by poles.
• Alternatively, related to the modern Ukrainian куява (kujava, “steep hill”) and Ukrainian куеви (kuevy, “mountain top”).

The first time mentioned in the Hebrew Kievan Letter, spelled as קייב. In the earliest Novgorod birch bark manuscripts spelled as Кꙑѥвъ (Kyjevŭ). Also mentioned by Constantine VII, the Byzantine Emperor.

• Hyphenation: Кꙑ‧е‧въ

Кꙑевъ (Kyjevŭ) m

1. Kiev (a city in Kievan Rus)
   • 1377, Dmitry of Suzdal, Laurentian Codex‎^[1], page 1:

     кто въ києвѣ нача первѣє кнѧжи^т и ѿкуду рускаꙗ ꙁемлѧ стала єсть⁘

     kto vŭ kijevě nača pervěje knęži^t i otŭkudu ruskaja zemlę stala jestĭ⁘

     Who in Kiev first started to reign and whence the Russian land has started to be.

• Old Ruthenian: Кї́євъ (Kíjev)
  • Belarusian: Кі́еў (Kíjeŭ)
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Ки́їв (Kýjiv)
  • Ukrainian: Ки́їв (Kýjiv) (see there for further descendants)
• Russian: Ки́ев (Kíjev) (see there for further descendants)
• → Serbo-Croatian: Kijev/Кијев
• → Old Novgorodian: Кꙑѥве (Kyjeve)
• → Medieval Hebrew: קייב (Qiyyōb)
• → Old Polish: Kijów
  • Polish: Kijów
  • →⇒ Medieval Latin: Kiōvia, Kijōvia
    • → Byzantine Greek: Κιωουίᾱ (Kiōouíā)
• → Old Slovak: Kyjev
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Києв (Kijev)
  • Slovak: Kyjev
  • →? Czech: Kyjev
• →⇒ Old Norse: Kænugarðr (probably through *кꙑꙗновъ городъ)

• Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1987), “*Kyjevъ”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 13 (*kroměžirъ – *kyžiti), Moscow: Nauka, page 256
• 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
• 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
• Luchyk, V. V. (2014) “Київ”, in Етимологічний словник топонімів України [Etymological Dictionary of Toponyms of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Academy, →ISBN, page 259