Welsrijp
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Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Potentially attested as welsib in 944, attested with certainty as willesrijp in the 13th century. Derived from a compound of Old Frisian Wille (“a personal name”) or Wilse and ripe (“edge, bank”). The Dutch form of the toponym was borrowed from an earlier version of the Frisian name.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Welsrijp n
- A village in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN