Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as eitersem [read: ettersem] in 1277. Potentially a compound of Old Frisian *Etter (a personal name) and Middle Dutch heem (home, settlement).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Eters‧heim

Proper noun edit

Etersheim n

  1. A hamlet and former municipality of Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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