Etymology

gemsbok

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Today it means: A large African antelope (Oryx gazella). Full definition →

Afrikaans gemsbok ← Dutch gemsbok ← German Gämse
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The story

  1. German · derived fromGämse
  2. Dutch · derived fromgemsbok
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed fromgemsbok
  4. English todaygemsbok

From Afrikaans gemsbok, from Dutch gemsbok, from gems (“chamois”) + bok (“buck”), the former from German Gämse, of uncertain origin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.