Where does “Ladoga” come from?

Ladoga is an English name for a lake in northwestern Russia, borrowed from Russian Ла́дога, of unknown ultimate origin.

Ladoga (English): A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, near Saint Petersburg, and the largest lake in Europe

Definitions

  1. A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, near Saint Petersburg, and the largest lake in Europe

Ancestry of “Ladoga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЛа́догаThe largest freshwater lake in Europe
Every word from Russian Ла́дога →
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