Rijsoord

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as rysoort in 1340. Compound of Middle Dutch rijs (“young branch, brushwood”) and ort (“place jutting out into or located next to water”). By surface analysis, rijs +‎ oord.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Rijs‧oord

Proper noun

Rijsoord n

  1. a village and former municipality of Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Rijsoordenaar
  • Rijsoords

References

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