Кꙑꙗсе

Old Novgorodian

Etymology

First attested in c. 1140‒1160. It seems that the name belongs to a person (probably a merchant) of eastern origin. Arabic قِيَاس (qiyās, “comparison; sample, measure, norm”) is widely used as a personal name by many peoples of the Eastern world, in particular the Turkic. Compare Turkish Kıyas, Turkmen Kyýas, Kyrgyz Кыяс (Kıyas), Kumyk Къыяс (Qıyas).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Кꙑ‧ꙗ‧се

Proper noun

Кꙑꙗсе • (Kyjase) m

1. (hapax legomenon) a male given name

Further reading

• “Кꙑꙗсе”, in Birchbark Letters Corpus, 2003–2026