Cottessen

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as quoidthusen in 1325. Compound of Middle Dutch quoit (“bad, small”) (perhaps used here in the rare sense swampy) and the dative plural form of huis (“house”). The reading of the first element as kot (“shack, cottage”) is erroneous.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.tɛ.sə(n)/
Hyphenation: Cot‧tes‧sen

Proper noun edit

Cottessen n

A hamlet in Vaals, Limburg, Netherlands.

References edit

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