Where does “Dniepropetrowsk” come from?
Dniepropetrowsk (Polish) comes from Ukrainian Дніпропетро́вськ, from Ukrainian Дніпро́, from Ukrainian Днѣпръ, from Old East Slavic Дънѣпръ, from Proto-Slavic Dъněprъ.
Ancestry of “Dniepropetrowsk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | Дніпропетро́вськ | — |
| 2 | Ukrainian | Дніпро́ | Dnieper |
| 3 | Ukrainian | Днѣпръ | — |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | Дънѣпръ | — |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | Dъněprъ | — |