Where does “Oekraïens” come from?

Oekraïens (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Oekraïne, from Dutch Oekraïne, from Dutch Ukraine.

Oekraïens (Afrikaans): Ukrainian of, from, or pertaining to Ukraine, the Ukrainian people or the Ukrainian language

Definitions

  1. Ukrainian of, from, or pertaining to Ukraine, the Ukrainian people or the Ukrainian language

Ancestry of “Oekraïens”, step by step

Oekraïens traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Oekraïne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansOekraïne—
2DutchOekraïneUkraine
3DutchUkraine—

via Afrikaans s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanss—
Every word from Dutch Ukraine →Every word from Dutch Oekraïne →Every word from Afrikaans Oekraïne →