Hesta

See also: hesta and hestä

Walloon

Etymology

Ultimately from Frankish *Harjastalja (army camp), possibly via Medieval Latin Charistalius, Harastallius.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛ.sta/

Proper noun

Hesta

  1. Herstal (a municipality of Belgium)

References

  1. ^ Haubrichs, Wolfgang (2020) “The Multilingualism of the Early Middle Ages: Evidence from Peripheral Regions of the Regnum orientalium Francorum.”, in Robert Gallagher, Edward Roberts, Francesca Tinti, editors, The Languages of Early Medieval Charters: Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word., Leiden, →ISBN, page 85f.
  2. ^ Gysseling, Maurits (2013), Herstal in the Toponymical Dictionary of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Northern France and West Germany (before 1226).

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