Where does “Никола́евск” come from?

Никола́евск (Russian) comes from Russian Никола́й, from Ancient Greek Νικόλαος, from Ancient Greek λᾱός, from Proto-Hellenic lāwós, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂wos, from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- — to bark, howl; to be concealed.

Ancestry of “Никола́евск”, step by step

Никола́евск traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Никола́й

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianНикола́йNovember (N in the ICAO spelling alphabet)
2Ancient GreekΝικόλαοςNicolas
3Ancient Greekλᾱόςpeople; men; the people
4Proto-Helleniclāwóspeople, crowd
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂wospeople
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

via Russian евск

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianевск—

Words derived from “Никола́евск”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leh₂wos →Every word from Proto-Hellenic lāwós →