Re: [tied] Catharina.Catherina etymology - Katharos or Aikaterine -

From: Sergejus Tarasovas
Message: 11410
Date: 2001-11-22

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From: Joćo S. Lopes Filho [mailto:jodan99@...]
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 3:21 PM
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Subject: [tied] Catharina.Catherina etymology - Katharos or Aikaterine - Slav

 
Russian form is YEKATERINA. Does it mean that Byzantine has AI-KATERINA , with no TH? For KATHERINA we d expect KAFERINA. Is there such name?
 
IFAIK the name hasn't been used in Russian till Peter the First time. It seemes there has been no Orthodox saint bearing this name. <Jekaterina> was adapted from German as the official name of the second Peter's wife, whose past is rather murky (some authors call her 'a camp-follower from the Baltic region').
 
Sergei