Etymograph

English

Kalkfontein

Kalkfontein comes from Afrikaans kalk fontein ‘karst spring’.

  1. Afrikaansmodernkalk fontein‘karst spring’
  2. EnglishtodayKalkfontein

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Afrikaansmodernkalk fontein‘karst spring’
  2. EnglishtodayKalkfontein

Today it means

name Former name of Karasburg, Namibia, renamed in 1939 when it was South West Africa.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Afrikaans kalk fontein / Kalkfontein