English
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg comes from Russian Екатеринбу́рг, and goes back to Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΑἰκατερίνη
- RussianmodernЕкатери́на
- Russian, derivedmodernЕкатеринбу́ргJekaterinbúrg
- EnglishtodayYekaterinburg
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEΑἰκατερίνη
- RussianmodernЕкатери́на
- Russian, derivedmodernЕкатеринбу́ргJekaterinbúrg
- EnglishtodayYekaterinburg
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *swé ‘self’
such, self, suicide, solo, idiot, sole, solitary, sans, solitude, solitaire, idiocy, desolate, desolation, swain, sullen, solus, sere, 19 more
Today it means
name A city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek Αἰκατερίνη / Yekaterinburg