Kwadijk

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Kwedaik (West Frisian)

Etymology edit

First attested as coedijc in 1393. Compound of Middle Dutch coe (“cow”) and dyc (“levee”). The first element was gradually replaced with quaet (“in poor condition”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Kwa‧dijk

Proper noun edit

Kwadijk n

A village and former municipality of Edam-Volendam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

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