Where does “Ethiopiër” come from?

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

Ethiopiër (Afrikaans): Ethiopian person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent

Definitions

  1. Ethiopian person from Ethiopia or of Ethiopian descent

Ancestry of “Ethiopiër”, step by step

Ethiopiër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Ethiopië

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansEthiopië
Every word from Afrikaans er