English
Snake Island
From snake + island.
Proto-Germanic *sneganą ‘to crawl, creep’
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Proto-West Germanic *snakan ‘to creep, slide’
Proto-West Germanic *snakō ‘slider, snake’
Old English snaca ‘snake, serpent, reptile’
Middle English snake
English snake
Proto-Germanic *awjōlandą
Proto-West Germanic *auwjuland
Old English īeġland
Middle English iland
English island
Another origin of Snake Island
- Byzantine Greekc. 600–1453φιδοphido‘snake’
- Byzantine Greek, derivedc. 600–1453ΦιδονήσιPhidonḗsi‘Snake Isle’
- Romanianc. 1500–presentInsula Șerpilor‘Serpent Island’
- EnglishtodaySnake Island
Today it means
name Any of several islands with the name.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Snake Island