Where does “Neva” come from?
Neva is the English name for a river in northwestern Russia, borrowed from Russian Нева́, of unknown ultimate origin.
Ancestry of “Neva”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | Нева́ | — |
| 2 | Proto-Uralic | ńoma | hare |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | ńoxe- | to pursue |