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Where does “Yaroslavl” come from?

Yaroslavl (English) comes from Russian Яросла́вль, from Old East Slavic Ꙗрославль, from Proto-Slavic *Jaroslavъ.

Ancestry of “Yaroslavl”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЯросла́вль—
2Old East SlavicꙖрославль—
3Proto-Slavic*Jaroslavъ—
Every word from Proto-Slavic *Jaroslavъ →