The story
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*sinȷ́ʰás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*sinźʰás
- Sanskritसिंह (siṃha)
- Sanskritसिंहल (siṃhala)
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*dwáH
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*dwi-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hā́ps
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*dwi-Hp-ás
- Sanskritद्वीप (dvīpa)
- Sanskritसिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa)
- Prakrit*𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva)
- Persianسرندیپ (sarandip)
- Arabicسَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb)
- English todaySerendib
From Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva) or Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa, “island of the Sinhala people”). See सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”), द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”). Related to Ceylon.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.