Breust
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as villam Brusti in 965. Perhaps derived from Old Dutch brus (“thorn bush, brushwood”) with collectivising suffix -t or related to Old High German brust (“abyss, steep incline”). Compare Brust.
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Proper noun edit
Breust n
- A hamlet and former municipality of Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
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References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN