Where does “Kirgisiër” come from?

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

Kirgisiër (Afrikaans): Kyrgyzstani person from Kyrgyzstan or of Kyrgyz descent

Definitions

  1. Kyrgyzstani person from Kyrgyzstan or of Kyrgyz descent

Ancestry of “Kirgisiër”, step by step

Kirgisiër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Kirgisië

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansKirgisië
Every word from Afrikaans er