Where does “Nʹu Jork” come from?
Nʹu Jork (Karelian) comes from Russian Нью-Йо́рк, from English krl, from Russian Каре́лия, from Medieval Latin Carelia, from Swedish Karelen, from Finnish Karjala, from Finnish karja, from Proto-Germanic harjaz — army.
Ancestry of “Nʹu Jork”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Нью-Йо́рк | — |
| 2 | English | krl | — |
| 3 | Russian | Каре́лия | — |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | Carelia | — |
| 5 | Swedish | Karelen | — |
| 6 | Finnish | Karjala | Karelia |
| 7 | Finnish | karja | cattle domesticated bovine animals sometimes with a specifier |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |