Where does “Sri Lanka” come from?

Sri Lanka (Cornish) comes from English Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.

Ancestry of “Sri Lanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSri Lanka—
2Sinhaleseශ්‍රී ලංකා—
3Sanskritश्री लङ्का—
Every word from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का →Every word from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා →Every word from English Sri Lanka →