English
oukie
Oukie comes from Afrikaans outjie ‘guy, bloke, dude’, from ou ‘old’, and ultimately from Dutch ouwe.
- Dutchc. 1500–presentouwe
- Afrikaansmodernoue‘old one’
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernou‘old’
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernoutjie‘guy, bloke, dude’by way of German Oukie
- Englishearliest quotation 1962oukie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Dutchc. 1500–presentouwe
- Afrikaansmodernoue‘old one’
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernou‘old’
- Afrikaans, derivedmodernoutjie‘guy, bloke, dude’by way of German Oukie
- Englishearliest quotation 1962oukie
Earliest quotation: 1962, Jeremy Taylor, Ag Pleez Deddy: “If you won't take us to the zoo /…”
Linked words
through Afrikaans ou ‘old’
through Afrikaans outjie ‘guy, bloke, dude’
Today it means
noun guy; man
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Dutch ouwe / oukie