Grootschermer

Dutch

Etymology

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

• Hyphenation: Groot‧scher‧mer

Proper noun

Grootschermer n

1. A village in Alkmaar, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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