Honswijk

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch honswijc, from Old Dutch hundeswīc (first attested as hundeswiic around 1200), a compound of *Hund (“a personal name”) and *wīc (“farmstead, village, settlement”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Hons‧wijk

Proper noun

Honswijk n

1. A hamlet in Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

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