Sluipwijk

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First attested as slupewiic in 1280-1287. Compound of an unclear first element and Middle Dutch wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”) or wyc (“inlet, side channel”). The first element may be related to sluipen (“sneak, slink”) referring here to the hidden location of the settlement.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Sluip‧wijk

Proper noun edit

Sluipwijk n

A village and former municipality of Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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