landname
Dutch
editEtymology
editCoined by J.A.N. Knuttel in 1937.[1] Compound of land + name, calque of German Landnahme and Old Norse landnám.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlandname f (plural landnames or landnamen)
- settlement or occupation of (new) land (from the settlers' or occupiers' perspective)
References
edit- ^ Johannis Adrianus Nelinus Knuttel, "De Frankische landname", in Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, vol. 56, 1937.