Where does “afrikanskhed” come from?
afrikanskhed (Danish) comes from Danish afrikansk, from Danish afrikaner, from Latin africanus, from Latin Āfrica, from Latin āfricus, from Latin Āfri, from Albanian afër, from Proto-Albanian apsera — the god Apis.
afrikanskhed (Danish): Africanness
Definitions
- Africanness
Ancestry of “afrikanskhed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | afrikansk | African of, or pertaining to Africa, abbreviated afr |
| 2 | Danish | afrikaner | African |
| 3 | Latin | africanus | African |
| 4 | Latin | Āfrica | the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica |
| 5 | Latin | āfricus | African |
| 6 | Latin | Āfri | — |
| 7 | Albanian | afër | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | apsera | at, beside, by, near, nearby, near to, next to |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | aps | — |
| 10 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 12 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 13 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |