Where does “soort” come from?

soort (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch soort, from Middle Dutch sorte.

soort (Afrikaans): sort, kind

Definitions

  1. sort, kind

Ancestry of “soort”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchsoortsort, kind; species
2Middle Dutchsorte—
Every word from Middle Dutch sorte →Every word from Dutch soort →