Where does “Zimbabwiër” come from?

Zimbabwiër (Afrikaans) comes from Afrikaans Zimbabwe, from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe — house of stones.

Zimbabwiër (Afrikaans): Zimbabwean person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent

Definitions

  1. Zimbabwean person from Zimbabwe or of Zimbabwean descent

Ancestry of “Zimbabwiër”, step by step

Zimbabwiër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Afrikaans Zimbabwe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaansZimbabwe—
2Shonadzimba-dze-mabwehouse of stones

via Afrikaans er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AfrikaanserThe name of the Latin-script letter R
Every word from Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe →Every word from Afrikaans Zimbabwe →