Botshol

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Botsholemeer in 1575. Compound of an unclear first element and hol (“low-lying swampland”). The first element may be comparable to dialectal bodse (“swamp”) or bod (“clump of reeds standing at the edge of a piece of land”). Originally a hydronym.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Bots‧hol

Proper noun

Botshol n

1. A hamlet in De Ronde Venen, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

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