Ospel
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as Ospel in 1612 and 1621. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of old attestations. Potentially a compound of a variant of Middle Dutch espe (“aspen, Populus tremula”) and lo (“light forest”) or a contraction of oost (“east, eastern”) and peel (“swamp, marsh”).
See also Limburgish D'Oospel.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editOspel n
- A village in Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN