Where does “Thailander” come from?

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

Thailander (Afrikaans): Thai, Thailander person from Thailand or of Thai descent

Definitions

  1. Thai, Thailander person from Thailand or of Thai descent

Ancestry of “Thailander”, step by step

Thailander traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R

via Afrikaans Thailand

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansThailand
Every word from Afrikaans er