Αἰκατερίνη

See also: Αικατερίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain. Often said to be from Ἑκάτη (Hekátē, “Hecate”), though the Oxford Dictionary of First Names finds this unconvincing. Or, from Ἑκατερ(ός) (Hekater(ós)) + -ίνη (-ínē) from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”). An early folk etymology to καθαρός (katharós, “clean, pure”) resulted to Medieval Latin Katerina, Catharīna and descendants.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/ → /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/ → /e.ka.teˈri.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ka.teˈri.ni/

Proper noun

Αἰκατερῑ́νη • (Aikaterī́nē) f (genitive Αἰκατερίνης); first declension (Koine)

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine or Katharine

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη; τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Αἰκατερῑ́νη hē Aikaterī́nē
Genitive	τῆς Αἰκατερῑ́νης tês Aikaterī́nēs
Dative	τῇ Αἰκατερῑ́νῃ têi Aikaterī́nēi
Accusative	τὴν Αἰκατερῑ́νην tḕn Aikaterī́nēn
Vocative	Αἰκατερῑ́νη Aikaterī́nē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Borrowings

• → Greek: Αικατερίνη (Aikateríni) (learned)
• → Bulgarian: Екатерина (Ekaterina)
• → Coptic: Ⲕⲁⲧⲧⲣⲓⲛ (Kattrin)
• → Georgian: ეკატერინე (eḳaṭerine)
• → Latin: Ecaterina
  • Medieval Latin: Katerina; Catharīna (influenced by καθαρός (katharós, “pure”))
    • Romanian: Cătălina
    • Italo-Dalmatian:
      • Corsican: Catalina
      • Italian: Caterina
    • Old French: Cateline
      • French: Catherine
        • → English: Catherine
        • Japanese: カトリーヌ (Katorīnu)
      • Norman: Cathelène, Cathrène
      • → Irish: Caitlín
        • → English: Caitlin, Kathleen
        • → Icelandic: Kaðlín
      • → Irish: Caitríona
    • Old Occitan:
      • Catalan: Caterina
      • Occitan: Catarina
    • Venetian: Catarina
    • West Iberian:
      • Old Galician-Portuguese:
        • Galician: Catarina, Catuxa
        • Portuguese: Catarina
      • Spanish: Catalina
    • Sardinian: Caderina
• → Albanian: Katrina
• → Basque: Katalin, Kattalin
• → Breton: Katell
• → Cimbrian: Katroin
• → Czech: Kateřina
• → Danish: Katrine
• → Dutch: Katrien
• → English: Katherine
• → Estonian: Kadri, Katariina
• → Finnish: Katariina
• → German: Katharina
• → Hungarian: Katalin
• → Icelandic: Katrín
• → Irish: Caitríona
• → English: Katrina
• → Kashubian: Katarzëna
• → Latvian: Katrīna, Katarīna
• → Lithuanian: Kotryna
• → Lower Sorbian: Katarina
• → Luxembourgish: Katräin, Katréng, Katrin, Katring
• → Macedonian: Катерина (Katerina)
• → Maltese: Katarina
• → Norwegian: Katarina
• → Old Ruthenian: Єкатери́на (Jekaterína)
  • Belarusian: Кацяры́на (Kacjarýna)
  • Ukrainian: Катери́на (Katerýna)
• → Polish: Katarzyna
• → Romanian: Ecaterina
• → Russian: Екатери́на (Jekaterína), Катерина (Katerina)
• → Scottish Gaelic: Caitrìona
• → Serbo-Croatian: Katarina / Катарина
• → Slovak: Katarína
• → Slovene: Katarina
• → Swedish: Katarina
• → Upper Sorbian: Katarina
• → Welsh: Catrin
• → West Frisian: Katarina
  • ⇒ West Frisian: Nynke
    • → Dutch: Nienke

References