Etymology

kabeljou

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Today it means: A type of fish from southern Africa, Argyrosomus coronus. Full definition →

Afrikaans kabeljou ← Dutch kabeljauw
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromkabeljauw“cod”
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromkabeljou
  3. English todaykabeljou

Borrowed from Afrikaans kabeljou, from Dutch kabeljauw (“cod”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.