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Where does “klipspringer” come from?

klipspringer (Dutch) comes from Dutch springer, from Dutch -er, from Old Dutch -āri, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios.

klipspringer (Dutch): klipspringer

Definitions

  1. klipspringer

Ancestry of “klipspringer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchspringer—
2Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
3Old Dutch-āri—
4Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
5Latin-ārius—
6Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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