The story
- English · derived fromhands up
- Afrikaans · derived fromhensop
- English todayhensopper
From Afrikaans hensop or hendsop, a phonetic rendering of English hands up, + -er.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
hensopper
Today it means: A Boer who surrendered and joined the British during the Boer Wars. Full definition →
Afrikaans hensop ← English hands up