Where does “Lê-nin” come from?

Lê-nin (Vietnamese) comes 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.

Ancestry of “Lê-nin”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Lê-nin

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-Every word from Russian -инEvery word from Russian Ле́нин