Where does “Oekraïnies” come from?

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

Ancestry of “Oekraïnies”, step by step

Oekraïnies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Oekraïne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansOekraïne
2DutchOekraïneUkraine
3DutchUkraine

via Afrikaans ies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansies
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