Where does “Kari” come from?
Kari (Finnish) 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.
Ancestry of “Kari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kari | rock; skerry; ground |
| 2 | Russian | Макарий | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μακάριος | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |
Words derived from “Kari”