Etymology

kudu

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Today it means: A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (greater kudu). Full definition →

Khoekhoe kudu-b ← Afrikaans koedoe ← French koudou
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromkoudou
  2. Afrikaans · borrowed fromkoedoe
  3. Khoekhoe · derived fromkudu-b
  4. English todaykudu

Ultimately Khoekhoe kudu-b, through Afrikaans koedoe and French koudou.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.