Wetsinge

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as uuirkingi in the 10th or 11th century. Derived from either Old Frisian Werk (a personal name) or wirk (“fortress, fortification”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. Compare Wessinghuizen and Wessingtange.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛt.sɪ.ŋə/
Hyphenation: Wet‧sin‧ge

Proper noun

Wetsinge n

A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN