Spierdijk

Dutch edit

Alternative forms edit

Spierdoik (West Frisian)

Etymology edit

First attested as spierdijck in 1365. Compound of Middle Dutch spier (“long, tough rhizome of a rush”) and dyc (“levee”). Compare Stoppeldijk.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: Spier‧dijk

Proper noun edit

Spierdijk n

A village in Koggenland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms edit

References edit

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