Where does “Āris” come from?
Āris (Latvian) comes from Latvian Ārijs, from Hebrew אריה, from Proto-Semitic *ʔarway-.
Ancestry of “Āris”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | Ārijs | — |
| 2 | Hebrew | אריה | A lion; Leo, of the zodiac |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | *ʔarway- | — |