Etymology In one of Nestor's chronicles from the 12th century a lake called "the Great Nevo" is mentioned, a clear link to the Neva River and possibly further to Finnish nevo 'sea' or neva 'bog, quagmire'.Evgeny Pospelov: Geographical names of the world. Toponymic dictionary. Second edition. Astrel, Moscow 2001, pp. 106f.
Etymology In one of Nestor's chronicles from the 12th century a lake called "the Great Nevo" is mentioned a clear link to the Neva River and possib.ly further to Finnish nevo 'sea' or neva 'bog, quagmire'.Evgeny Pos,pelov: Geographical names of the world. Toponymic dictionary. Second edition. Astrel, Moscow 2001, pp 106f.