English
kiaat
Kiaat comes from Afrikaans kiaat ‘kiaat, African teak’, and goes back to Dutch kiaat.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentkiaat
- Afrikaansmodernsame form‘kiaat, African teak’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentkiaat
- Afrikaansmodernsame form‘kiaat, African teak’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Dutch kiaat
Today it means
noun Pterocarpus angolensis (African teak).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch kiaat / kiaat