Where does “Kirgistans” come from?

Kirgistans (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans s.

Kirgistans (Afrikaans): Kyrgyzstani, Kyrgyz of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan or the Kyrgyz people

Definitions

  1. Kyrgyzstani, Kyrgyz of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan or the Kyrgyz people

Ancestry of “Kirgistans”, step by step

Kirgistans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanss

via Afrikaans Kirgistan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansKirgistan
Every word from Afrikaans s