Where does “Сайтама” come from?

Сайтама (Russian) comes from Japanese さいたま, from Japanese 埼玉, from Old Japanese 埼玉, from Old Japanese 埼 — cape.

Ancestry of “Сайтама”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japaneseさいたま—
2Japanese埼玉{{w|Saitama Prefecture}}
3Old Japanese埼玉—
4Old Japanese埼cape
Every word from Old Japanese 埼 →Every word from Old Japanese 埼玉 →Every word from Japanese 埼玉 →