Greonterp
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as grewingdorp in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian Greonterp, a compound of an uncertain first element and Old Frisian dorp (“farmstead, subsidiary settlement”). The first element may be related to greva (“dig, excavate”). The second element was gradually reinterpreted to terp (“artificial mound used for habitation”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editGreonterp n
- A village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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- nl:Villages in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
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