Where does “Wit-Russies” come from?

Wit-Russies (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans ies.

Ancestry of “Wit-Russies”, step by step

Wit-Russies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans ies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansies

via Afrikaans Wit-Rus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansWit-Rus
Every word from Afrikaans ies
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