Boterveen
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as buttervenna around 1650. Compound of boter (“butter”) and Old Frisian fenna (“pasture, marshland”).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Boterveen n
- A hamlet in Westerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN