Where does “Amerikalı” come from?
Amerikalı (Turkish) comes from Turkish Amerika, from Ottoman Turkish آمریقا, from Italian America, from New Latin America, from Italian Amerigo, from Proto-Germanic *Amalarīks, from Proto-Germanic Haimarīks, from Proto-Germanic rīks — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
Ancestry of “Amerikalı”, step by step