Where does “Eritreër” come from?

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

Eritreër (Afrikaans): Eritrean person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent

Definitions

  1. Eritrean person from Eritrea or of Eritrean descent

Ancestry of “Eritreër”, step by step

Eritreër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Eritrea

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansEritrea
Every word from Afrikaans er