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Where does “keskiamerikanvyötiäinen” come from?

keskiamerikanvyötiäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Keski-Amerikka, 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 — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

keskiamerikanvyötiäinen (Finnish): northern naked-tailed armadillo, "Cabassous...

Definitions

  1. northern naked-tailed armadillo, "Cabassous...

Ancestry of “keskiamerikanvyötiäinen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKeski-Amerikka—
2FinnishAmerikkaAmerica's; American; of America
3RussianАмерика—
4New LatinAmerica—
5ItalianAmerigo—
6Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks—
7Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
8Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
9Proto-Celticrīxsking
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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