De Meije

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as mi in 1119. Derived from the hydronym Meije, which potentially derives in turn from Proto-Germanic *mîgô (“urine”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix *ja-. Compare Mijdrecht, Mijnden, Oostmijzen, Misson and Mite.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: De Meije

Proper noun

De Meije n

1. A village in Bodegraven-Reeuwijk, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

• Mijzijde

References

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