Odijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• Ooik (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as iodichem [read: i odichem] in 918-948. Etymology uncertain. The toponym appears to be a compound of an unknown first element and the suffix Proto-Germanic *-ikja-. The element Old Dutch hēm (“home, settlement”) in the oldest attestation is a scribal insertion.

Compare Blerick, Bunnik, Cuijk, Geverik, Lopik, Maurik, Mook, Niftrik, Varik, Woezik and Fellerich.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Odijk

Proper noun

Odijk n

1. A village and former municipality of Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Odijker
• Odijks

References

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