The story
- Proto-Tungusic · derived from*sakalīn“black”
- mnc · derived fromᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩᠠ“the peak at the estuary of the Amur river (literally: black river)”
- mnc · derived fromᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ“black”
- Russian · borrowed fromСахали́н
- English todaySakhalin
From Russian Сахали́н (Saxalín), which was borrowed from Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ (sahaliyan, “black”), probably from the expression Manchu ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ ᡠᠯᠠ ᠠᠩᡤᠠ ᡥᠠᡩᠠ (sahaliyan ula angga hada, “the peak at the estuary of the Amur river (literally: black river)”). Ultimately from Proto-Tungusic *sakalīn (“black”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.