Giessen-Oudekerk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as oltghiesen in 1280. Compound of the hydronym Giessen (potentially derived from Proto-Germanic *geusan (“flow powerfully”)), Middle Dutch out (“old”) and kerk (“church”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Gies‧sen-‧Ou‧de‧kerk

Proper noun

Giessen-Oudekerk n

1. A village in Molenlanden, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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