Where does “Marinko” come from?
Marinko (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian Marin, from Latin marīnus, from Ancient Greek Μαρῖνος, from Latin marinus, from Latin -inus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
Ancestry of “Marinko”, step by step
Marinko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Serbo-Croatian Marin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | Marin | — |
| 2 | Latin | marīnus | marine; of or pertaining to the sea |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Μαρῖνος | known from the ancient Roman and Byzantine Periods |
| 4 | Latin | marinus | marine; of or pertaining to the sea |
| 5 | Latin | -inus | Of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Serbo-Croatian ko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serbo-Croatian | ko | who; bilo ko ― anybody, anyone; malo ko ― very... |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | kȁo | as, like (the same way or kind as another) |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | kȁko | how (in what way) |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | kako | how, in which way |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | kakъ | of what/which kind |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *kōkos | — |