Where does “Kaluga” come from?

Kaluga (English) comes from Russian Калу́га, from Russian лужа, from Proto-Slavic luža, from Proto-Slavic lugja.

Kaluga (English): Huso dauricus, a sturgeon of the Amur river basin in northeast China and southeast Russia

Definitions

  1. Huso dauricus, a sturgeon of the Amur river basin in northeast China and southeast Russia

Ancestry of “Kaluga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКалу́гаkaluga, great Siberian sturgeon type of sturgeon
2Russianлужаpuddle, pool
3Proto-Slaviclužapuddle, pool
4Proto-Slaviclugja—
Every word from Proto-Slavic lugja →Every word from Proto-Slavic luža →Every word from Russian лужа →
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