Where does “Amerikan” come from?

Amerikan (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish آمریقان, from French américain, from French Amérique, 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.

Amerikan (Turkish): American (person born in or citizen of the USA)

Definitions

  1. American (person born in or citizen of the USA)

Ancestry of “Amerikan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman TurkishآمریقانAmerican (person born in or citizen of the USA)
2Frenchaméricainpertaining to America or the American people;...
3FrenchAmérique
4New LatinAmerica
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

Words derived from “Amerikan

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃reǵ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃rḗǵsEvery word from Proto-Celtic rīxs