Grootschermer

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as skirmere in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of groot (“big, great”) and the hydronym Schermer, derived from a compound of Old Dutch scir (“bright, witish”) and mere (“lake”). Compare Scharmer.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Groot‧scher‧mer

Proper noun edit

Grootschermer n

A village in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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