Where does “kafferlelie” come from?

kafferlelie (Dutch) comes from Dutch kaffer, from Spanish cafre, from Arabic كَافِر — infidel; denier, unbeliever; infidel; unbeliever.

kafferlelie (Dutch): river lily (Hesperantha coccinea syn. Schizostylis coccinea)

Definitions

  1. river lily (Hesperantha coccinea syn. Schizostylis coccinea)

Ancestry of “kafferlelie”, step by step

kafferlelie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch kaffer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchkafferA non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim...
2Spanishcafreuncouth, boorish
3Arabicكَافِرinfidel; denier, unbeliever; infidel; unbeliever

via Dutch lelie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchlelieA lily; A fleur-de-lis, although botanically an...
2Middle Dutchlilie—
3Old Dutchlīlia—
Every word from Arabic كَافِر →