Etymograph

English

Yuri

Yuri comes from Russian Ю́рий ‘George’, and goes back to Old East Slavic Гюрги.

  1. Old East SlavicmodernГюрги
  2. RussianmodernЮ́рийJúrij‘George’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2021Yuri

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old East SlavicmodernГюрги
  2. RussianmodernЮ́рийJúrij‘George’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2021Yuri

Earliest quotation: 2021, Gregory McNamee, This Soviet cosmonaut was the first human in orbit — fueling: “Khrushchev’s answer came 60 years ago, on April 12,…”

Every English word from Old East Slavic Гюрги

Another origin of Yuri

  1. JapanesemodernゆりYuri
  2. EnglishtodayYuri

"Yuri" is a transliteration of several source forms, such as 由里, 由理, 由梨, 由利, 祐里, 友里, 友理, 悠里.

Today it means

name A transliteration of the Russian male given name Ю́рий (Júrij), equivalent to George.

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

Etymograph / Old East Slavic Гюрги / Yuri

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