Where does “klipspringer” come from?

klipspringer (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch klipspringer, from Dutch springer, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

klipspringer (Afrikaans): klipspringer

Definitions

  1. klipspringer

Ancestry of “klipspringer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchklipspringerthe klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus
2Dutchspringer—
3Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
4Old Dutch-āri—
5Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “klipspringer”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Dutch -er →