Veenwouden
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as mynen faen vp da walda in 1439. Calque of West Frisian Feanwâlden, a compound of Old Frisian fene (“peat bog, marsh”) and the plural form of wald (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). The settlement was formed through the fusion of the villages of Sint Johanniswoud and Eslawoud.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editVeenwouden n
- A village and former municipality of Dantumadiel, Friesland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Categories:
- Dutch terms calqued from West Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from West Frisian
- Dutch terms derived from Old Frisian
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯dən
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯dən/3 syllables
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Historical political subdivisions
- nl:Places in Friesland, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands