Where does “Amerikka” come from?

Amerikka (Finnish) comes from Russian Америка, 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.

Amerikka (Finnish): America's; American; of America

Definitions

  1. America's; American; of America

Ancestry of “Amerikka”, step by step

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

Words derived from “Amerikka

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Celtic rīxs