Snepseind

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

First 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 edit

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɛps.ɛi̯nt/
Hyphenation: Sneps‧eind

Proper noun edit

Snepseind n

A neighbourhood of Oirschot, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References edit

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