Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as scellinchout around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (boundary) and wout (marsh forest, swamp forest). Compare Schellingwoude and Terschelling.

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Schel‧link‧hout

Proper noun edit

Schellinkhout n

  1. A village and former municipality of Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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