Where does “アメリカシロヅル” come from?

アメリカシロヅル (Japanese) comes from Japanese アメリカ, from English America, from 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.

アメリカシロヅル (Japanese): a whooping crane

Definitions

  1. a whooping crane

Ancestry of “アメリカシロヅル”, step by step

アメリカシロヅル traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese アメリカ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1JapaneseアメリカAmerica, United States
2EnglishAmerica
3LatinAmerica
4ItalianAmerigo
5Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
6Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
7Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
8Proto-Celticrīxsking
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesethe color white; innocence; a white go stone
2Middle Chinese

via Japanese

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanesea crane
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Celtic rīxs
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