Where does “Centrālamerika” come from?
Centrālamerika (Latvian) comes from Latvian Amerika, from Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks, from Proto-Celtic rīxs, from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵs — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Ancestry of “Centrālamerika”, step by step
Centrālamerika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian Amerika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | Amerika | America |
| 2 | Latin | America | — |
| 3 | Italian | Amerigo | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *Amalarīks | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | Haimarīks | Henry |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Latvian centrāla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | centrāla | genitive singular masculine form of centrāls;... |
| 2 | Latvian | centrāls | central |
| 3 | Latvian | centrs | center; center, mid, middle, middle point |
| 4 | Latin | centrum | center |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | κέντρον | Something with a sharp point: point, spike, spur;... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | *kéntron | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *ḱéntrom | pointed tool |