Američanka

Czech

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-

Proto-Germanic *amalą

Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs

Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.

Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder.

Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *-éyti

Proto-Indo-European *tḱéytibf.

Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-

Proto-Indo-European *-mos

Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos

Proto-Germanic *haimaz

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Proto-Germanic *rīks

Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?

Italian Amerigoder.

New Latin Americabor.

Czech Amerika

Proto-Slavic *-janъ

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Slavic *-inъ

Proto-Slavic *-janinъ

Old Czech -ěnín

Czech -an

Czech Američan

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Czech -ka

Czech Američanka

From Američan + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɛrɪt͡ʃaŋka]
• Rhymes: -aŋka

Noun

Američanka f (male equivalent Američan)

1. American (female inhabitant of the United States)
2. American (female inhabitant of the Americas)

Declension

Declension of Američanka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Američanka	Američanky
genitive	Američanky	Američanek
dative	Američance	Američankám
accusative	Američanku	Američanky
vocative	Američanko	Američanky
locative	Američance	Američankách
instrumental	Američankou	Američankami

Related terms

• See Amerika

• Američan

Further reading

• “Američanka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Američanka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

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Noun

Ameríčānka f (Cyrillic spelling Амери́ча̄нка)

1. (dated) American (female)

   Synonym: Amerìkānka

Declension

    Declension of Američanka

	singular	plural
nominative	Američanka	Američanke
genitive	Američanke	Američanka
dative	Američanki	Američankama
accusative	Američanku	Američanke
vocative	Američanko	Američanke
locative	Američanki	Američankama
instrumental	Američankom	Američankama

Slovak

Etymology

Etymology tree

Slovak Amerika

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Slavic *-inъ

Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ

Slovak -an

Slovak Američan

Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂der.

Proto-Balto-Slavic *-kāˀ

Proto-Slavic *-ъka

Old Slovak -ka

Slovak -ka

Slovak Američanka

From Američan + -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amerit͡ʃanka/, [ˈamerit͡ʃaŋka]
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧čan‧ka

Noun

Američanka f (male equivalent Američan)

1. American (female inhabitant of the United States)
2. American (female inhabitant of the Americas)

Declension

Declension of Američanka
(pattern žena)

	singular	plural
nominative	Američanka	Američanky
genitive	Američanky	Američaniek
dative	Američanke	Američankám
accusative	Američanku	Američanky
locative	Američanke	Američankách
instrumental	Američankou	Američankami

Further reading

• “Američanka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026