Peursum

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as poedersijnsambocht in 1282. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch podero (“calf, foal”) or the otherwise unknown personal name *Poeder and hēm (“home, settlement”). Compare Poederoijen, Poeijers, Sterksel, Vaarle, Vaarsel, Varsen, Varssel, Varsselder, Varsseveld, Ten Vorsel and Bolsele.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Peur‧sum

Proper noun

Peursum n

1. A hamlet and former municipality of Molenlanden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References

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