Where does “Nevanlinna” come from?

Nevanlinna (Finnish) comes from Finnish Linna, from Proto-Finnic litna — town, city; fortification, fortress.

Nevanlinna (Finnish): Nyenschantz, Nyen former Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, at a site now occupied by the Russian city of Saint Petersburg

Definitions

  1. Nyenschantz, Nyen former Swedish fortress at the confluence of the Neva River and Okhta River, at a site now occupied by the Russian city of Saint Petersburg

Ancestry of “Nevanlinna”, step by step

Nevanlinna traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Linna

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishLinnacastle large fortified residential building
2Proto-Finniclitnatown, city; fortification, fortress

via Finnish neva

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishnevaA type of treeless wet swamp
2Proto-Finnicnevaswamp, fen
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