Paaseiland
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Compound of Pasen (“Easter”) + eiland (“island”). Coined by Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722, in the spelling Paasch-Eyland.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Paaseiland n
- Easter Island [from 1720s]
Descendants edit
- → English: Easter Island (calque)