Where does “Eritreeër” come from?

Eritreeër (Dutch) comes from Dutch Eritrea, from Italian Eritrea, from Latin Erythraea, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραία, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραῖος, from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί, from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός, from Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós.

Eritreeër (Dutch): Eritrean person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent

Definitions

  1. Eritrean person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent

Ancestry of “Eritreeër”, step by step

Eritreeër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Eritrea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchEritrea
2ItalianEritrea
3LatinErythraeathe territory of Erythrae, Beotia
4Ancient GreekἘρυθραίαErythraea or Eritrea
5Ancient GreekἘρυθραῖος
6Ancient GreekἘρυθραίErythrae; Ildırı, Turkey
7Ancient Greekἐρυθρόςreddish, red
8Proto-Hellenic*erutʰrós

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrósEvery word from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρόςEvery word from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί