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“revenge” + “glory, fame”
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[mstesˈɫau̯] · Ukrainian
01 / Meaning & origin
Мстислав is a masculine given name documented in Ukrainian. English Wiktionary traces it to Old East Slavic Мьстиславъ, from the components “revenge” + “glory, fame”.
Meaning: “revenge” + “glory, fame”
Мсти (Msty, “revenge”) + -слав (-slav, “glory, fame”) from Old East Slavic Мьстиславъ (Mĭstislavŭ), Мстиславъ (Mstislavŭ), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *Mьstislavъ. Compare Polish Mścisław.
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grand prince of Kiev (1076–1132)
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