Overdam

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as overdamme in 1263, attested with certainty as overdam in 1357. Compound of Middle Dutch oever (“over, on the other side of”) and dam (“dam”). Named after a farmhouse located on the other side of a ditch when seen from Loerik.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Over‧dam

Proper noun

Overdam n

A neighbourhood of Houten, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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