The story
- Dutch · derived fromblaas op“blow up”
- Afrikaans · borrowed fromblaasop“blowfish”
- English todayblaasop
Borrowed from Afrikaans blaasop (“blowfish”), ultimately from Dutch blaas op (“blow up”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
blaasop
Today it means: Any of several species of pufferfish found in South African waters. Full definition →
Afrikaans blaasop ← Dutch blaas op