Where does “Baikaljärvi” come from?

Baikaljärvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Baikal, from Russian Байка́л, from Buryat Байгал — Baikal.

Ancestry of “Baikaljärvi”, step by step

Baikaljärvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Baikal

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishBaikalBaikal lake
2RussianБайка́лBaikal
3BuryatБайгалBaikal

via Finnish järvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjärvilake
2Latin-lanominative feminine singular of -lus; nominative...
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