Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Αἰκατερῑ́νη • ‎(Aikaterī́nē) f ‎(genitive Αἰκατερίνης); first declension

1. A female given name, Aikaterine; equivalent to Catherine or Katharine.

Inflection

Descendants

• Albanian: Katrina
• Bulgarian: Екатерина ‎(Ekaterina)
• Czech: Kateřina
• Danish: Katharina, Karen
• Dutch: Katrijn, Catharina
• English: Catherine, Katherine, Caitlin, Katrina, Kathleen, Karen
• Estonian: Katariina
• Finnish: Katariina
• French: Catherine
• German: Katharina
• Greek: Αικατερίνη ‎(Aikateríni), Κατερίνα ‎(Katerína)
• Hungarian: Katarina
• Icelandic: Katrín
• Irish: Caitlín, Caitríona
• Italian: Caterina
• Korean: 카타리나 (katarina)
• Latin: Catharina (The Latin loan and its descendants are derived from a portmanteau of Αἰκατερίνη and καθαρός ‎(katharós) ("pure"). Later adaptations of this form may have respelt the second /a/ as /e/, probably as a natural mutation but also probably as a restoration of the Greek ε. Hybrid forms may have come into existence under influence from both the Greek and Latin forms.)
• Low German: Trine
• Maltese: Katarina
• Polish: Katarzyna
• Portuguese: Catarina
• Romanian: Ecaterina
• Russian: Екатерина ‎(Jekaterina)
• Serbo-Croatian: Катарина, Katarina
• Slovak: Katarína
• Slovene: Katarina
• Spanish: Catalina
• Swedish: Katarina
• Turkish: Katerina
• Ukrainian: Катерина ‎(Kateryna)
• Venetian: Catarina
• Welsh: Catrin