Where does “Novorossiya” come from?
Novorossiya (English) comes from Russian Новоро́ссия, from Russian Росси́я, from Greek Ῥωσία, from Old East Slavic Русь, from Finnish ruotsi, from Proto-Finnic *roocci, from Old Swedish roþs-, from Old Norse róðr — to row; to separate; loose, sparse, rare.
Ancestry of “Novorossiya”, step by step