Where does “Oekraïner” come from?

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

Oekraïner (Afrikaans): Ukrainian person from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent

Definitions

  1. Ukrainian person from Ukraine or of Ukrainian descent

Ancestry of “Oekraïner”, step by step

Oekraïner traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Oekraïne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansOekraïne—
2DutchOekraïneUkraine
3DutchUkraine—

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R
Every word from Dutch Ukraine →Every word from Dutch Oekraïne →Every word from Afrikaans Oekraïne →