Where does “Ленин” come from?

Ленин (Macedonian) comes from Macedonian -ин, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

Ленин (Macedonian): Lenin

Definitions

  1. Lenin

Ancestry of “Ленин”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Macedonian-ин—
2Proto-Slavic-inъ-ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...
3Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
4Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos →Every word from Macedonian -ин →