Where does “Но́вая Земля́” come from?
Но́вая Земля́ (Russian) comes from Russian Земля́, from Russian -ский, from Old East Slavic -ьскъ.
Ancestry of “Но́вая Земля́”, step by step
Но́вая Земля́ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian Земля́
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | Земля́ | — |
| 2 | Russian | -ский | Used to form adjectives from nouns or sometimes... |
| 3 | Old East Slavic | -ьскъ | — |
via Russian но́вая
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | но́вая | — |