Where does “karrikana” come from?
karrikana (Finnish) comes from Finnish Karri, from Finnish Kari, 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 “karrikana”, step by step
karrikana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Karri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Karri | — |
| 2 | Finnish | Kari | rock mass of stone projecting out of water or just underwater |
| 3 | Finnish | kari | rock; skerry; ground |
| 4 | Russian | Макарий | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Μακάριος | blessed, happy |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |