Where does “amerikansassafras” come from?
amerikansassafras (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.
amerikansassafras (Finnish): sassafras, white sassafras, Sassafras albidum
Definitions
- sassafras, white sassafras, Sassafras albidum
Ancestry of “amerikansassafras”, step by step