Where does “Nordamerikaner” come from?
Nordamerikaner (German) comes from German Amerikaner, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
Nordamerikaner (German): North American (person)
Definitions
- North American (person)
Ancestry of “Nordamerikaner”, step by step
Nordamerikaner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Amerikaner
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Amerikaner | American; US-American; A round cakelike pastry of... |
| 2 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 3 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 6 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |
via German Nordamerika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Nordamerika | — |
| 2 | German | nord | the north (used without article; a short form of Norden) |
| 3 | Middle High German | nort | — |
| 4 | Old High German | nord | north |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *norþr | northern, northernly |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | nurþraz | north, northern |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *nér | below the surface, below |