 Since the beginning of the 14th century this hydronym was commonly known as "Ladoga".According to T. N. Jackson, it can be taken "almost for granted that the name of Ladoga first referred to the river, then the city, and only then the lake".Therefore, he considers the primary hydronym Ladoga to originate in the eponymous inflow to the lower reaches of the Volkhov River whose early Finnic name was "Alodejoki" (corresponding to modern ) 'river of the lowlands'.