Where does “Litauer” come from?

Litauer (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Litaue, from Dutch Litouwen.

Litauer (Afrikaans): Lithuanian person from Lithuania or of Lithuanian descent

Definitions

  1. Lithuanian person from Lithuania or of Lithuanian descent

Ancestry of “Litauer”, step by step

Litauer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Litaue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansLitaue—
2DutchLitouwen—

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R
Every word from Dutch Litouwen →Every word from Afrikaans Litaue →