Where does “woestyn” come from?
woestyn (Afrikaans) comes from Dutch woestijn, from Middle Dutch woestine, from Old Dutch wuostinna, from Old Dutch wuosti, from Proto-West Germanic wōstī, from Proto-Germanic wōstaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂-s-to-s, from Proto-Indo-European h₁weh₂- — to leave, abandon, give out.
woestyn (Afrikaans): desert
Ancestry of “woestyn”, step by step