Where does “Amerikaans” come from?

Amerikaans (Dutch) comes from Dutch Amerikaan, 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 — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

Amerikaans (Dutch): American

Definitions

  1. American

Ancestry of “Amerikaans”, step by step

Amerikaans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Amerikaan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchAmerikaanAmerican
2DutchAmerikaAmerica
3New LatinAmerica—
4ItalianAmerigo—
5Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks—
6Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
7Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
8Proto-Celticrīxsking
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Dutch S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchS—

Words derived from “Amerikaans”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs →Every word from Proto-Celtic rīxs →
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