Zmiinyi Island

The story

1. Medieval Greek · derived fromφιδο“snake”
2. Medieval Greek · derived fromΦιδονήσι“Snake Isle”
3. Russian · derived fromЗмеиный“Serpent”
4. Romanian · derived fromInsula Șerpilor“Serpent Island”
5. Ukrainian · derived fromО́стрів Змії́ний“Snake Island”
6. English todayZmiinyi Island

From Ukrainian О́стрів Змії́ний (Óstriv Zmijínyj, “Snake Island”), from Romanian Insula Șerpilor (“Serpent Island”), from Russian Змеиный (Zmeinyj, “Serpent”), from Medieval Greek Φιδονήσι (Phidonḗsi, “Snake Isle”), from Medieval Greek φιδο (phido, “snake”) (Greek φίδι (fídi)) + νήσι (nísi, “island”).

Words from the same roots