Where does “Ниигата” come from?

Ниигата (Russian) comes from Japanese 新潟, from Japanese 新, from Middle Chinese 新.

Ancestry of “Ниигата”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese新潟—
2Japanese新a novelty
3Middle Chinese新—
Every word from Middle Chinese 新 →Every word from Japanese 新 →Every word from Japanese 新潟 →