Where does “Centraal-Amerika” come from?
Centraal-Amerika (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.
Centraal-Amerika (Dutch): either with or without the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea
Definitions
- either with or without the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea
Ancestry of “Centraal-Amerika”, step by step
Centraal-Amerika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch Amerika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | Amerika | America |
| 2 | New Latin | America | — |
| 3 | Italian | Amerigo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Amalarīks | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | Haimarīks | Henry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Dutch centraal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | centraal | central, being in the centre |
| 2 | French | central | central |
| 3 | Middle French | central | — |
| 4 | Latin | centrālis | central, in the middle |
| 5 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |