Wijkersloot

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Middle Dutch wijckersloet in 1380. Univerbation of Wijker (“of or pertaining to Wijk bij Duurstede”) +‎ sloot (“ditch”). Named after a nearby drainage ditch.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Wij‧ker‧sloot

Proper noun

Wijkersloot n

  1. a neighbourhood of Nieuwegein, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “wijkersloot”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.