Scharnegoutum

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as scharnum in 1200, attested with certainty as scharnum in 1347. Potentially derived from a compound of skarne (“manure, dungheap”) and Old Frisian hēm (“home, settlement”) and a compound of Golda (“a personal name”) or gold (“gold”) and hēm (“home, settlement”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌsxɑr.nəˈɣɑu̯.tʏm/
Hyphenation: Schar‧ne‧gou‧tum

Proper noun

Scharnegoutum n

A village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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