Goilberdingen
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as godebrechteswijc around 1200. Derived from Middle Dutch Godebrecht (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The suffixed variant eventually replaced an only slightly older compound formed with Middle Dutch wijc (“farmstead, settlement, village”). Compare Everdingen and Helsdingen.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editGoilberdingen n
- A hamlet in Culemborg, Gelderland, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN