De Weed

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as die weed in 1417. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from dialectal weed (“land located outside of a levee”), Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) or wede (“woad, Isatis tinctoria”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: De Weed

Proper noun

De Weed n

  1. a hamlet in Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “de weed”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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