Where does “Australies” come from?

Australies (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch Australië, from Latin australis, from Latin auster, from Proto-Italic *austeros.

Australies (Afrikaans): Australian

Definitions

  1. Australian

Ancestry of “Australies”, step by step

Australies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Australië

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchAustralië—
2Latinaustralissouthern; Australian; the south pole
3LatinausterThe south wind; south
4Proto-Italic*austeros—

via Afrikaans ies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansies—
Every word from Proto-Italic *austeros →Every word from Latin auster →Every word from Latin australis →