Old East Slavic

proper noun

A Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian.

Similar
Old East SlavonicRusianOld Russian
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. historicalA Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian.

    Synonyms: Old East Slavonic, Rusian, Old Russian

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounA Slavic language used from the 10th to the 14th centuries by East Slavs in the state of Kievan Rus and its successors. The ancestor of Belarusian, Russian, Rusyn and Ukrainian.

Similar
Old East SlavonicRusianOld Russian

Translations

Bulgarian старору́ски ези́к, старору́ски
  • старору́ски ези́к (starorúski ezík)language
  • старору́ски (starorúski)language
Catalan antic rus
  • antic ruslanguage
Chinese Mandarin 古東斯拉夫語 /古东斯拉夫语
  • 古東斯拉夫語 /古东斯拉夫语 (gǔ dōng Sīlāfū-yǔ)language
Czech staroruština, stará ruština
  • staroruštinalanguage
  • stará ruštinalanguage
Dutch Oudrussisch
  • Oudrussischlanguage
Esperanto la rusja (lingvo)
  • la rusja (lingvo)language
Estonian vanavene
  • vanavenelanguage
Finnish muinaisvenäjä, muinaisitäslaavi
  • muinaisvenäjälanguage
  • muinaisitäslaavilanguage
French vieux slave oriental
  • vieux slave orientallanguage
German Altostslawisch, Altrussisch
  • Altostslawischlanguage
  • Altrussischlanguage
Japanese 古東スラヴ語
  • 古東スラヴ語 (ko-higashi Suravu-go)language
Korean 고대동슬라브어
  • 고대동슬라브어 (godae dong Seullabeu-eo)language
Persian اسلاوی شرقی باستان
  • اسلاوی شرقی باستانlanguage
Polish język staroruski
  • język staroruskilanguage
Portuguese antigo eslavo oriental
  • antigo eslavo orientallanguage
Russian древнеру́сский, древнеру́сский язы́к
  • древнеру́сский (drevnerússkij)language
  • древнеру́сский язы́к (drevnerússkij jazýk)language
Slovak stará ruština
  • stará ruštinalanguage
Spanish antiguo eslavo oriental, antiguo ruso
  • antiguo eslavo orientallanguage
  • antiguo rusolanguage
Ukrainian давньору́ська, давньоукраї́нська
  • давньору́ська (davnʹorúsʹka)language
  • давньоукраї́нська (davnʹoukrajínsʹka)language
  • ру́ська (rúsʹka)language
Cite this entry
APA

Old East Slavic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20East%20Slavic

MLA

“Old East Slavic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20East%20Slavic. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Old East Slavic,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Old%20East%20Slavic.

Source: Old East Slavic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.