Where does “Saint Kitts và Nevis” come from?

Saint Kitts và Nevis (Vietnamese) comes from English Nevis, from Spanish Nieves, from Spanish nieves, from Spanish nieve, from Vulgar Latin *nĕvem, from Latin nix, from Latin -eus, from Ancient Greek -εῖος — Creates adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “Saint Kitts và Nevis”, step by step

Saint Kitts và Nevis traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English Nevis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNevis—
2SpanishNievesderived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair
3Spanishnievesplural of nieve
4Spanishnievesnow; ice cream
5Vulgar Latin*nĕvem—
6Latinnixsnow; white hair
7Latin-eusargentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →...
8Ancient Greek-εῖοςForms adjectives, usually with a meaning of "of"...
9Proto-Indo-European-iHwós—
10Proto-Indo-European-wósCreates adjectives from verb stems

via Vietnamese và

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnamesevàand; To shovel food from a rice bowl into one's...
2Chinese和harmonious
3Japanese和peace, harmony, tranquillity, serenity; sum
4Middle Chinese和—

via English Saint Kitts

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSaint Kitts—
2SpanishSan Cristóbal—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -wós →Every word from Latin -eus →Every word from Ancient Greek -εῖος →