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 *erutʰrós →Every word from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός →Every word from Ancient Greek Ἐρυθραί →