Hunsel

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as hunsel in 1400. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of older attestations. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch Hund (“a personal name”) and either lo (“light forest”) or sele (“hall house”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɦʏn.səl/
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Hyphenation: Hun‧sel
Rhymes: -ʏnsəl

Proper noun edit

Hunsel n

A village and former municipality of Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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