The story
- Khoekhoe · derived fromnamib“walkabout, wasteland”
- English todayNamib
From Khoekhoe namib (“walkabout, wasteland”), from nami (“to walk about”).
Words from the same roots
Khoekhoenamib all →
Namibia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Namib
Today it means: A desert on the far southwestern coast of Africa, predominantly in Namibia. Full definition →
Khoekhoe namib