Where does “Molukker” come from?

Molukker (Dutch) comes from Dutch er, from Old Dutch iro.

Molukker (Dutch): a Moluccan person

Definitions

  1. a Moluccan person

Ancestry of “Molukker”, step by step

Molukker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch er

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutcherthere; him, her, it, them; of them, of those
2Old Dutchiro—

via Dutch Molukken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchMolukkenMoluccas
Every word from Old Dutch iro →Every word from Dutch er →
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