Wesch
See also: Wësch
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as Wesch (de) in 1877. Derived from Limburgish wesj (“washing place”). The reading of the toponym as wisch (“wet pasture”) is erroneous. Compare Waskemeer.
See also Limburgish De Wesj.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Wesch n
- A hamlet in Eijsden-Margraten, Limburg, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
Hunsrik edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Wesch f (plural Wesche)
Further reading edit
Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
Compare German Wäsche, Dutch was, English wash.
Noun edit
Wesch f
- wash, laundry
- 1951, Pennsylvania German Folklore Society, volume 16, page 144:
- Die Maad nemmt die Wesch naus / Un legt sie schee uffs Graas, / Do kummt en gleenes Amschelche / Un beisst re in die Naas.
- The maid takes the laundry outside / and lays it out nicely on the grass, / here a tiny, little robin comes / and bites her in her nose.
Plautdietsch edit
Noun edit
Wesch n (plural Wescha)