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Where does “amerikanrauta” come from?

amerikanrauta (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.

amerikanrauta (Finnish): An old-style North American car

Definitions

  1. An old-style North American car

Ancestry of “amerikanrauta”, step by step

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
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