ooibos
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Etymology
[edit]20th century coinage. Compound of Middle Dutch ooy (“ait, island, wetland”) + bos (“forest”), the former being derived from Proto-Germanic *awjō and identical to the toponym Ooij. Unrelated to modern ooi (“ewe”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ooibos n (plural ooibossen)
- A riparian forest.
- Coordinate term: uiterwaard
References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ooibos”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading
[edit]ooibos on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl