Where does “Amerikaan” come from?
Amerikaan (Dutch) comes from Dutch Amerika, from New Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks, from Proto-Celtic rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Amerikaan (Dutch): American
Ancestry of “Amerikaan”, step by step
Words derived from “Amerikaan”