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Where does “amerykański” come from?

amerykański (Polish) comes from Polish Amerykanin, from Polish Ameryka, from English America, from Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.

amerykański (Polish): American

Definitions

  1. American

Ancestry of “amerykański”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PolishAmerykaninAmerican
2PolishAmerykaAmerica, colloquially: USA
3EnglishAmerica—
4LatinAmerica—
5ItalianAmerigo—
6Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks—
7Proto-GermanicHaimarīksHenry
8Proto-Germanicrīksking, ruler
9Proto-Celticrīxsking
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃rḗǵsking, ruler
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃reǵ-to straighten, to right oneself; right; just
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