Where does “dalmatien” come from?

dalmatien (Middle Dutch) comes from Latin Dalmatia, from Latin Dalmatae, from Illyrian delme — sheep.

Ancestry of “dalmatien”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinDalmatia—
2LatinDalmataethe name of an Illyrian tribe inhabiting Dalmatia
3Illyriandelmesheep

Words derived from “dalmatien”

Every word from Illyrian delme →Every word from Latin Dalmatae →Every word from Latin Dalmatia →