Vatrop
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Potentially attested as uaroht in 918-948, attested with certainty as fortrapa in 922. If the oldest attestation refers to the current settlement, a derivation from a term cognate to Old English faroð (“beach, coast”) or, alternatively, from Proto-Germanic *ferhô (“evergreen oak, Quercus ilex”) or *farnô (“fern”) suffixed with *-oþ. If the oldest attestation does not refer to the current settlement, a derivation from Old Dutch *apa (“river, watercourse”) is possible.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: Va‧trop
Proper noun edit
Vatrop n
- A hamlet in Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.