Where does “Algierser” come from?

Algierser (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans er — The name of the Latin-script letter R.

Algierser (Afrikaans): person from or inhabitant of the Algerian city Algiers

Definitions

  1. person from or inhabitant of the Algerian city Algiers

Ancestry of “Algierser”, step by step

Algierser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Algiers

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansAlgiersof, from, or pertaining to the Algerian city Algiers or its inhabitants
Every word from Afrikaans er