Geistere
Limburgish edit
Etymology edit
First attested as gesserne in 1236. Compound of geist (“elevated sandy land”) + heri (“heath”) (from Proto-West Germanic *harug, from Proto-Germanic *harugaz).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Geistere n (Veldeke spelling)
- Geijsteren (a village in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands)
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN