Where does “Verweggistan” come from?

Verweggistan (Dutch) comes from English Faroffistan, from English -istan.

Verweggistan (Dutch): a proverbially obscure, far away country; Timbuktu, Outer Mongolia

Definitions

  1. a proverbially obscure, far away country; Timbuktu, Outer Mongolia

Ancestry of “Verweggistan”, step by step

Verweggistan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Faroffistan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishFaroffistanA fictional remote nation-state
2English-istan—

via Dutch ver weg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchver wegfar away
Every word from English -istan →Every word from English Faroffistan →