Where does “amerikanmerimetso” come from?

amerikanmerimetso (Finnish) comes from Finnish Amerikka, 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 — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

amerikanmerimetso (Finnish): double-crested cormorant, "Phalacrocorax auritus"

Definitions

  1. double-crested cormorant, "Phalacrocorax auritus"

Ancestry of “amerikanmerimetso”, step by step

amerikanmerimetso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Amerikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishAmerikkaAmerica's; American; of America
2RussianАмерика
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 Finnish merimetso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmerimetsocormorant, shag any bird of the family
2Finnishmerisea
3Proto-Finnicmerisea
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmórisea; standing water
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Celtic rīxs
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