Ospel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Ospel in 1612 and 1621. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of old attestations. Potentially a compound of a variant of Middle Dutch espe (“aspen (Populus tremula)”) and lo (“light forest”) or a contraction of oost (“east, eastern”) and peel (“swamp, marsh”).

See also Limburgish D'Oospel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔs.pəl/
  • Hyphenation: Os‧pel
  • Rhymes: -ɔspəl

Proper noun

Ospel n

  1. a village in Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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