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Where does “klipspringer” come from?

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

klipspringer (English): A small antelope native to eastern and southern...

Definitions

  1. A small antelope native to eastern and southern...

Ancestry of “klipspringer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansklipspringerklipspringer
2Dutchklipspringerklipspringer
3Dutchspringer—
4Dutch-erForms agent nouns from verbs; Forms nouns for a...
5Old Dutch-āri—
6Proto-Germanic-ārijaz-er
7Latin-ārius—
8Proto-Italic*-āzios—
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