Etymology

Yenisei

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Today it means: A river in Russia, the longest river of Siberia. It flows from south to north into the Arctic Ocean, splitting Siberia in two parts: the Eastern Siberia and the Western Siberia. Full definition →

Russian Енисе́й ← Kyrgyz Эне-Сай ← Evenki Ионэсси
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The story

  1. Evenki · derived fromИонэсси“big water”
  2. Kyrgyz · derived fromЭне-Сай“mother river”
  3. Russian · borrowed fromЕнисе́й
  4. English todayYenisei

Borrowed from Russian Енисе́й (Jeniséj) from Old Kyrgyz Эне-Сай (Ene-Say, “mother river”) or from Evenki Ионэсси (Ionəssi, “big water”). See more detail

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