Where does “Nizhny Tagil” come from?
Nizhny Tagil (English) comes from Russian ни́жний, from Russian низ, from Proto-Slavic nizъ, from Proto-Indo-European nei-ǵʰ-.
Ancestry of “Nizhny Tagil”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | ни́жний | lower |
| 2 | Russian | низ | bottom, lower part |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | nizъ | down, below; through, along |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | nei-ǵʰ- | — |