Etymograph

English

Vaalie

Vaalie comes from Afrikaans Vaal ‘Vaal river’.

  1. AfrikaansmodernVaal‘Vaal river’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Vaalie

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. AfrikaansmodernVaal‘Vaal river’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011Vaalie

Earliest quotation: 2011, Nic Venter, Wow! What a Life!: “I went down to the beach front, of course,…”

Today it means

noun A tourist from inland.

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

Etymograph / Afrikaans Vaal / Vaalie