Etymograph

English

Mykolaivka

Mykolaivka comes from Ukrainian Миколай, and goes back to Ancient Greek Νικόλαος.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝικόλαος
  2. UkrainianmodernМиколайMykolaj
  3. Ukrainian, derivedmodernМикола́ївкаMykolájivka
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2022Mykolaivka

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΝικόλαος
  2. UkrainianmodernМиколайMykolaj
  3. Ukrainian, derivedmodernМикола́ївкаMykolájivka
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2022Mykolaivka

Earliest quotation: 2022, Colin Freeman: “With the Russian army now just a few miles…”

Today it means

name A village in Ternivka rural hromada, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1932.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek Νικόλαος / Mykolaivka