Snepseind
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as sneppenscoet in 1340. Compound of snip (“woodcock, Scolopax rusticola”) and schoot (“piece of land that juts upward”). The second element was later replaced with eind (“end, edge”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editSnepseind n
- A neighbourhood of Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN