Where does “레닌그라드” come from?

레닌그라드 (Korean) comes from Russian Ленингра́д, from Russian Ле́нин, from Russian -ин, from Old East Slavic -инъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

레닌그라드 (Korean): former name of Saint Petersburg, used from 1924 to 1991

Definitions

  1. former name of Saint Petersburg, used from 1924 to 1991

Ancestry of “레닌그라드”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЛенингра́д—
2RussianЛе́нинLenin
3Russian-ин-'s
4Old East Slavic-инъ—
5Proto-Slavic-inъ-ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Russian -ин →Every word from Russian Ле́нин →