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Where does “US-amerikanisch” come from?

US-amerikanisch (German) comes from German US, from English US, from Middle English us, from Old English ūs, from Proto-Germanic uns, from Proto-Indo-European n̥smé, from Proto-Indo-European éǵh₂ — I.

US-amerikanisch (German): American, Usonian

Definitions

  1. American, Usonian

Ancestry of “US-amerikanisch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanUS—
2EnglishUSInitialism of unconditioned stimulus;...
3Middle EnglishusFirst-person plural accusative pronoun: us;...
4Old Englishūsus
5Proto-Germanicunsaccusative of *wīz; us
6Proto-Indo-Europeann̥sméus
7Proto-Indo-Europeanéǵh₂I
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