Bakkum

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as bachem around the end of the 11th century. Compound of Proto-Germanic *baka (“back, curve, elevated place”) and Old Dutch hēm (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bak‧kum

Proper noun

Bakkum n

1. A village and former municipality of Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Bakkummer
• Bakkums
• Bakkum-Noord
• Noord-Bakkum

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bakkum”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN