Talk:Киев

Why not **Киёв?

PSl. *e regularly evolved into Ru. /jo/ [jɵ] before a hard consonant, so why is Ru. e /je/ still pronounced [jɪ] (reduced from [je]) here, instead of becoming ё /jo/ [jɵ] as in киёв [kʲɪˈjɵf] (genitive plural of кий [kʲij]) or in Киёво [kʲɪˈjɵvə] (name of a lake in Moscow Oblast)? Erminwin (talk) 18:46, 9 August 2024 (UTC)