Where does “neva” come from?

Neva is the English name for a river in northwestern Russia, borrowed from Russian Нева́, of unknown ultimate origin.

neva (English): on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed

Definitions

  1. on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed

Ancestry of “neva”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianНева́(the river on which the Saint Petersburg city is placed)
2Proto-Uralicńomahare
3Proto-Uralicńoxe-to pursue
Every word from Proto-Uralic ńoxe-