Hommerts

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as humerke in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian De Hommerts, potentially derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian Huga (a personal name) or the demonym Hugas and merke (“boundary, borderland, delineated area”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ.mərts/
  • Hyphenation: Hom‧merts
  • Rhymes: -ɔmərts

Proper noun

Hommerts n

  1. a village in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

References

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