Doijum
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as dodoghema buren in 1402. Derived from a compound of Old Frisian Dodo (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi- and hēm (“home, settlement”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Doijum n
- A hamlet in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN