Where does “ленинградец” come from?

ленинградец (Russian) comes from Russian Ленингра́д, from Russian Ле́нин, from Russian -ин, from Old East Slavic -инъ, from Proto-Slavic -inъ, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

ленинградец (Russian): resident of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)

Definitions

  1. resident of Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg)

Ancestry of “ленинградец”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЛенингра́д—
2RussianЛе́нинLenin
3Russian-ин-'s
4Old East Slavic-инъ—
5Proto-Slavic-inъ-ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Russian -ин →Every word from Russian Ле́нин →