Where does “Ali” come from?

Ali (Finnish) comes from Finnish Aleksanteri, from Latin Alexander, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέξω, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr — man.

Ali (Finnish): practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants

Definitions

  1. practically exclusively used by Tatars or Muslim immigrants

Ancestry of “Ali”, step by step

Ali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Aleksanteri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAleksanteriAlexander
2LatinAlexander
3Ancient GreekἈλέξανδροςAlexander
4Ancient Greekἀλέξωto keep off, turn aside; to guard, protect,...
5Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man
6Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
7Proto-Hellenic*anḗrman

via Arabic عَلِيّ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicعَلِيّto be high, exalted; Ali; exalted, noble; to be...

Words derived from “Ali

Every word from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr