Zaamslag
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
First attested as sameslath in 1163. Compound of an unclear first element and Old Dutch slaht (“levee, dammed-in area”). The first element may be (cognate with) Old Dutch same (“seed, wheat”).
See also Zealandic Zaomslag, Zaemslag.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Zaamslag n
- A village and former municipality of Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands.