Where does “Malediver” come from?

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

Malediver (Afrikaans): Maldivian person from the Maldives or of Maldivian descent

Definitions

  1. Maldivian person from the Maldives or of Maldivian descent

Ancestry of “Malediver”, step by step

Malediver traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Maledive

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansMaledive
Every word from Afrikaans er