Biest-Houtakker
Dutch
editEtymology
editBiest is first attested as byest in 1488. Houtakker is first attested as houtacker in 1428. Biest derives from bies (“rush, Scirpus sp.”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -t. Houtakker derives from a compound of hout (“rising deciduous forest”) and akker (“farmland”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editBiest-Houtakker n
- A village in Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Synonym: Pinnekleuversgat (Carnival nickname)
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN