Where does “Sri Lanka” come from?

Sri Lanka (English) comes from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.

Ancestry of “Sri Lanka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sinhaleseශ්‍රී ලංකා—
2Sanskritश्री लङ्का—

Words derived from “Sri Lanka”

Every word from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का →Every word from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකා →