English
klipspringer
Klipspringer comes from Dutch klipspringer ‘the klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus’.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentklipspringer‘the klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus’
- Afrikaansmodernsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentklipspringer‘the klipspringer, Oreotragus oreotragus’
- Afrikaansmodernsame form
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from Afrikaans klipspringer, from Dutch klipspringer, both literally meaning "rock-jumper".
Every English word from Dutch klipspringer
Today it means
noun A small antelope native to eastern and southern Africa having a dense, brown, speckled coat (Oreotragus oreotragus).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch klipspringer / klipspringer