Where does “Taiwans” come from?

Taiwans (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Taiwan, from Dutch Taiwan, from Chinese 臺灣, from Dutch Tayouan.

Taiwans (Afrikaans): Taiwanese of, from, or pertaining to the country of Taiwan, the island of Taiwan or the Taiwanese people

Definitions

  1. Taiwanese of, from, or pertaining to the country of Taiwan, the island of Taiwan or the Taiwanese people

Ancestry of “Taiwans”, step by step

Taiwans traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Taiwan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansTaiwan—
2DutchTaiwan—
3Chinese臺灣Taiwan
4DutchTayouan—

via Afrikaans s

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaanss—
Every word from Dutch Tayouan →Every word from Chinese 臺灣 →Every word from Dutch Taiwan →