bakkie

The story

1. Dutch · derived frombak
2. Afrikaans · derived frombak“container; part of a vehicle for carrying loads”
3. Dutch · derived frombakje“container; drinking vessel; (archaic) carriage for passengers”
4. Dutch · derived frombakkie
5. Afrikaans · borrowed frombakkie
6. English todaybakkie

Borrowed from Afrikaans bakkie, and then either: * from Northern Dutch bakkie (informal), from Dutch bakje (“container; drinking vessel; (archaic) carriage for passengers”), from bak (“container; drinking vessel; vehicle; part of a vehicle for carrying loads; part of a carriage for carrying passengers”) (see further at that entry) + -je (diminutive suffix); or * from Afrikaans bak (“container; part of a vehicle for carrying loads”) (from Dutch bak; see above) + -ie (diminutive suffix).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from late 19th c. A small bowl or container, sometimes with a cover such as a Tupperware container.
• from mid 20th c. A small pick-up truck or ute, generally open and sometimes fitted with a removable canopy, but distinct from an enclosed van and a large truck.