Where does “Novgorod” come from?

Novgorod is the English name for the Russian city Но́вгород, whose etymology remains uncertain.

Ancestry of “Novgorod”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Russian	Но́вгород	Newtown
2	Old East Slavic	Новъгородъ	—
3	Old East Slavic	городъ	—
4	Proto-Slavic	gȏrdъ	fortified settlement
5	Proto-Balto-Slavic	gardas	enclosure
6	Proto-Indo-European	gʰerdʰ-	to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt

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