| Gael.I. | uaine | green |
| Breton | yen | cold, sad |
| Anc.Greek | ios | verdigris |
| Anc.Greek | íon | violet-colour; violet (the flower) |
| Anc.Greek | ionís | a shore bird: Kingfisher, 267 |
| Anc.Greek | Ionion Pélagos | the Ionan Sea (dark blue) |
| Alb. | Jon | the Adriatic Sea |
| Anc.Greek | Ionía, | a region bordering the Ionan Sea |
| Hindi | Yunàn | Greece: region to the setting sun |
| Pers.(o.liter.) | Yaunà | id. |
| Skr. | Yavanah | id. |
| Hebr. | Yàwán | Egypt |
| Akk. | Yàwamu | Egypt |
| Lettish | èna | shade |
| Anc.Greek | oenas | pigeon |
| Hebr. | yon, yonah | (borrowed from Greek) pigeon |
| Anc.Greek | iaíno | to make warm, rejoice |
| Anc.Greek | oenos | wine (from its colour) |
| Cymric | gwinios | red, gwaed blood |
| Pers. | win | colour; a black grape |
| Engl. | wen | haematome, bruise |
| Germ. | wenne | id. |
| Ital. | vino | wine |
| Franç.rég. | vinois, vineux | un champignon à lamelles vineuses Psalliotacampestris |
| Franç. | vineux | a pinkish red colour |
| Port. | touto vinagreiro | Blackcap @, 358 (from its rufous cap) |
| Port. | vinagreira | Robin, 335 |
| Skr. | vinatà | a fabulous bird |
| Roman. | vinetiu | dark blue, blue-grey |
| Roman. | vînât | blue, purple |
| Roman. | vineritâ | bugle, a dark blue flower (Ajuga) |
| Sbc. | vinjast | ferruginous |
| Anc.Greek | venetos | turquoise |
| Lat. | venetum | dark blue |
| Ital.: Cal. | venètru | greenish |
| Ital.: Cal. | venatu | cianotico |
| Franç.: Grenoble | vignolou | dark (weather), FEW 23: 184 |
| Franç.: Ajoie | veneûdge | darkness, FEW 23: 184 |
| Lat. | vinca | periwinkle |
| Franç. | pervenche | Engl. periwinkle (+ per blue) |
| Russian | svinca | lead-colour |