Muisbroek

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as mosyenbroec in 1412. Compound of Middle Dutch mosie (“common mosquito, Culex pipiens”) and bruec (“marsh, marshland”). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to muis (“mouse, Mus musculus”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Muis‧broek

Proper noun

Muisbroek n

A hamlet in Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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