Russian: zmei or zmey змей (pl. zmei зме́и); Ukrainian: zmiy змій (pl. zmiyi змії); Bulgarian: zmei змей (pl. zmeiove змейове); Polish zmiy żmij (pl. żmije);...
certainly derived from the Ukrainian word for snakes, Zmiji (Ukrainian: Змії). In addition, there are at least five potential origins for the source of...