Westerlittens
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as letenzera zyl in 1469. Compound of wester (“western, west-”) and Old Frisian Lêta (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The Frisian name is an independent development of the toponym. The element wester was added to distinguish the settlement from Oosterlittens.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Westerlittens n
- A hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands.
References edit
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN