Where does “Marokkaan” come from?

Marokkaan (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans aan, from Dutch aan, from Middle Dutch āne, from Old Dutch āna, from Proto-West Germanic ana, from Proto-Germanic *an, from Proto-Germanic ana, from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- — on, onto.

Marokkaan (Afrikaans): Moroccan person from Morocco or of Moroccan descent

Definitions

  1. Moroccan person from Morocco or of Moroccan descent

Ancestry of “Marokkaan”, step by step

Marokkaan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans aan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansaanon; at; on; to
2Dutchaanon; to; on, being operative
3Middle Dutchāneon, on top of
4Old Dutchāna—
5Proto-West Germanicanaon
6Proto-Germanic*an—
7Proto-Germanicanaon, at; on, onto; ana
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via Afrikaans Marokko

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansMarokko—
2DutchMarokko—
3PortugueseMarrocos—
4Old PortugueseMarrocos—
5ArabicمَرَّاكُشMarrakesh
6Moroccan Amazighⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⴰⴽⵓⵛ—

Words derived from “Marokkaan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Germanic ana →Every word from Proto-Germanic *an →