Where does “Запорі́жжя” come from?

Запорі́жжя (Ukrainian) comes from Ukrainian за, from Proto-Slavic za — behind, after (stationary).

Запорі́жжя (Ukrainian): place beyond the rapids

Definitions

  1. place beyond the rapids

Ancestry of “Запорі́жжя”, step by step

Запорі́жжя traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ukrainian за

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianзаbeyond
2Proto-Slaviczabehind, after (stationary)

via Ukrainian поро́ги

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ukrainianпоро́гиrapids

Words derived from “Запорі́жжя”

Every word from Proto-Slavic za →Every word from Ukrainian за →