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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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianни́жнийlower
2Russianнизbottom, lower part
3Proto-Slavicnizъdown, below; through, along
4Proto-Indo-Europeannei-ǵʰ-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European nei-ǵʰ- →