Where does “Südamerikaner” come from?

Südamerikaner (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).

Südamerikaner (German): South American (person)

Definitions

  1. South American (person)

Ancestry of “Südamerikaner”, step by step

Südamerikaner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Amerikaner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanAmerikanerAmerican; US-American; A round cakelike pastry of...
2German-erForms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to...
3Old High German-āriused to form agent nouns
4Proto-West Germanic-ārī-er
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

via German Südamerika

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanSüdamerika
2GermanSüdthe south; a wind coming from the south
3Middle High Germansut
4Old High Germansut
5Proto-Germanicsudąbrew, soup

Words derived from “Südamerikaner

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āziosEvery word from Latin -āriusEvery word from German -er