Oosterlittens

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Potentially attested as lechinke [read: lethinge] in the second half of the 13th century, attested with certainty as aesterletzenze in 1402. Borrowed from West Frisian Easterlittens, derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian āsta (“east-, eastern”) and either Lêta (“a personal name”) or *leta (“watercourse”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The element easter was added to distinguish the settlement from Westerlittens.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˌoːs.tərˈlɪ.təns/
Hyphenation: Oos‧ter‧lit‧tens
Rhymes: -ɪtəns

Proper noun edit

Oosterlittens n

A village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN