Where does “Nauruaans” come from?
Nauruaans (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Nauruaan, 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 — on, onto.
Nauruaans (Afrikaans): Nauruan of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauru language
Definitions
- Nauruan of, from, or pertaining to Nauru, the Nauruan people or the Nauru language
Ancestry of “Nauruaans”, step by step
Nauruaans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Afrikaans Nauruaan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | Nauruaan | Nauruan person from Nauru or of Nauruan descent |
| 2 | Afrikaans | aan | on; at; on; to |
| 3 | Dutch | aan | on; to; on, being operative |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | āne | on, on top of |
| 5 | Old Dutch | āna | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | ana | on |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *an | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Afrikaans s
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afrikaans | s | — |