Where does “نوفايا زيمليا” come from?
نوفايا زيمليا (Arabic) comes from Russian Но́вая Земля́, from Russian Земля́, from Russian -ский, from Old East Slavic -ьскъ.
Ancestry of “نوفايا زيمليا”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Но́вая Земля́ | — |
| 2 | Russian | Земля́ | — |
| 3 | Russian | -ский | Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes... |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | -ьскъ | — |