# Αἰκατερίνη
## Ancient Greek
### Etymology

Uncertain. Often said to be from Ἑκάτη (Hekátē, “Hecate”), though the Oxford Dictionary of First Names finds this unconvincing. Or, from Ἑκατερ(ός) (Hekater(ós)) + -ίνη (-ínē) from ἑκάτερος (hekáteros, “each of the two”). An early folk etymology to καθαρός (katharós, “clean, pure”) resulted to Medieval Latin Katerina, Catharīna and descendants.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/ → /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/ → /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /ai̯.ka.te.rǐː.nɛː/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ne̝/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ɛ.ka.teˈri.ni/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /e.ka.teˈri.ni/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /e.ka.teˈri.ni/

### Proper noun

Αἰκατερῑ́νη • (Aikaterī́nē) f (genitive Αἰκατερίνης); first declension (Koine)
* a female given name, equivalent to English Catherine or Katharine

#### Descendants
##### Borrowings

* → Greek: Αικατερίνη (Aikateríni) (learned)
* → Bulgarian: Екатерина (Ekaterina)
* → Coptic: Ⲕⲁⲧⲧⲣⲓⲛ (Kattrin)
* → Georgian: ეკატერინე (eḳaṭerine)
* → Latin: Ecaterina
** Medieval Latin: Katerina; Catharīna (influenced by καθαρός (katharós, “pure”))
*** Romanian: Cătălina
*** Italo-Dalmatian:
**** Corsican: Catalina
**** Italian: Caterina
**** Sicilian: Catarina, Catirina
*** Old French: Cateline
**** French: Catherine
***** → English: Catherine
***** Japanese: カトリーヌ (Katorīnu)
**** Norman: Cathelène, Cathrène
**** → Irish: Caitlín
***** → English: Caitlin, Kathleen
***** → Icelandic: Kaðlín
**** → Irish: Caitríona
*** Old Occitan:
**** Catalan: Caterina
**** Occitan: Catarina
*** Venetan: Catarina
*** West Iberian:
**** Old Galician-Portuguese:
***** Galician: Catarina, Catuxa
***** Portuguese: Catarina
**** Spanish: Catalina
*** Sardinian: Caderina
* → Albanian: Katrina
* → Basque: Katalin, Kattalin
* → Breton: Katell
* → Cimbrian: Katroin
* → Czech: Kateřina
* → Danish: Katrine
* → Dutch: Katrien
* → English: Katherine
* → Estonian: Kadri, Katariina
* → Finnish: Katariina
* → German: Katharina
* → Hungarian: Katalin
* → Icelandic: Katrín
* → Irish: Caitríona
* → English: Katrina
* → Kashubian: Katarzëna
* → Latvian: Katrīna, Katarīna
* → Lithuanian: Kotryna
* → Lower Sorbian: Katarina
* → Luxembourgish: Katräin, Katréng, Katrin, Katring
* → Macedonian: Катерина (Katerina)
* → Maltese: Katarina
* → Norwegian: Katarina
* → Old Ruthenian: Єкатери́на (Jekaterína)
** Belarusian: Кацяры́на (Kacjarýna)
** Ukrainian: Катери́на (Katerýna)
* → Polish: Katarzyna
* → Romanian: Ecaterina
* → Russian: Екатери́на (Jekaterína), Катерина (Katerina)
* → Scottish Gaelic: Caitrìona
* → Serbo-Croatian: Katarina / Катарина
* → Slovak: Katarína
* → Slovene: Katarina
* → Swedish: Katarina
* → Upper Sorbian: Katarina
* → Welsh: Catrin
* → West Frisian: Katarina
** ⇒ West Frisian: Nynke
*** → Dutch: Nienke

### References

* ↑ Ἑκατερός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
* ↑ Patrick Hanks and Kate Hardcastle, eds., Oxford Dictionary of First Names, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), 154.
* ↑ Αικατερίνη - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: […] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.