Ospel

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First 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”).

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈɔs.pəl/
Hyphenation: Os‧pel
Rhymes: -ɔspəl

Proper noun edit

Ospel n

A village in Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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