Where does “Nigeriër” come from?

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

Nigeriër (Afrikaans): Nigerian person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent

Definitions

  1. Nigerian person from Nigeria or of Nigerian descent

Ancestry of “Nigeriër”, step by step

Nigeriër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Nigerië

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansNigerië
Every word from Afrikaans er