Petten

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

First attested as pathem [read: puthem] in 918-948. Compound of a variant of Old Dutch put (“well”) and hēm (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: Pet‧ten

Proper noun[edit]

Petten n

  1. A village and former municipality of Schagen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

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