Bakkum

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as bachem around the end of the 11th century. Compound of Proto-Germanic *baka (“back, curve, elevated place”) and Old Dutch hēm (“home, settlement”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Bak‧kum

Proper noun

Bakkum n

  1. a village and former municipality of Castricum, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

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