Where does “Южно-Сахали́нск” come from?
Южно-Сахали́нск (Russian) comes from Russian ю́жный, from Russian -ный, from Old Church Slavonic -ьнъ, from Proto-Slavic -ьnъ — -ish, -ic, -al, -ed; From adjectives.
Ancestry of “Южно-Сахали́нск”, step by step
Южно-Сахали́нск traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.