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Where does “assegaai” come from?

assegaai (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch assegaai, from Spanish azagaya, from Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة, from Proto-Berber zaġāya — spear, assegai.

Ancestry of “assegaai”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchassegaai—
2Spanishazagayaassegai
3Arabicاَلزَّغَايَة—
4Proto-Berberzaġāyaspear, assegai
Every word from Proto-Berber zaġāya →