Wijns

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as weingi in 944, attested with certainty as winenge in 1224. Borrowed from West Frisian Wyns, derived in turn from Old Frisian Wago (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɛi̯ns/
• Hyphenation: Wijns
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ns

Proper noun

Wijns n

1. A village in Tytsjerksteradiel, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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