Etymology

dassie

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Today it means: A small, herbivorous mammal in the order Hyracoidea, the rock hyrax. Full definition →

Afrikaans dassie ← Dutch das
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromdas“badger”
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromdassie
  3. English todaydassie

Borrowed from Afrikaans dassie, from Dutch das (“badger”).

Words from the same roots

Afrikaansdassie all →

rock badger

Dutchdas all →

rock badger

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.