Where does “Kari” come from?

Kari (English) comes from Finnish kari, from Russian Макарий, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

Kari (English): A moon of Saturn

Definitions

  1. A moon of Saturn

Ancestry of “Kari”, step by step

Kari traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarirock; skerry; ground
2RussianМакарий
3Ancient GreekΜακάριοςblessed, happy
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via Norwegian Kari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1NorwegianKari
2NorwegianKatrineCatherine

via Marathi करी

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Marathiकरी
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ισμός