Hommerts

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as humerke in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian De Hommerts, potentially derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian Huga (“a personal name”) or the demonym Hugas and merke (“boundary, borderland, delineated area”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.mərts/
Hyphenation: Hom‧merts
Rhymes: -ɔmərts

Proper noun edit

Hommerts n

A village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References edit

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN