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Where does “Maaliaanna” come from?

Maaliaanna (Greenlandic) comes from Danish Marianne, from French Marianne, from French marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Marīa, from Ancient Greek Μαρία, from Hebrew מִרְיָם, from Aramaic מרים.

Ancestry of “Maaliaanna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DanishMarianne—
2FrenchMarianne—
3Frenchmariefirst-person singular present indicative of...
4Old FrenchMarie—
5LatinMarīa—
6Ancient GreekΜαρία—
7Hebrewמִרְיָם—
8Aramaicמריםbitter
9Biblical Hebrewמִרְיָם—
Every word from Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם →