Where does “Dalmatiër” come from?

Dalmatiër (Dutch) comes from Dutch Dalmatië, from Middle Dutch dalmatien, from Latin Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatae, from Illyrian delme — sheep.

Dalmatiër (Dutch): An inhabitant of Dalmatia, an Adriatic coastal...

Definitions

  1. An inhabitant of Dalmatia, an Adriatic coastal...

Ancestry of “Dalmatiër”, step by step

Dalmatiër traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch Dalmatië

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchDalmatiëDalmatia
2Middle Dutchdalmatien—
3LatinDalmatia—
4LatinDalmataethe name of an Illyrian tribe inhabiting Dalmatia
5Illyriandelmesheep

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—
Every word from Illyrian delme →Every word from Latin Dalmatae →Every word from Latin Dalmatia →