Boutersem

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Boutersem.

Proper noun

Boutersem

  1. A municipality in Flemish Brabant province, Belgium.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch Bouterseem (c. 1300); an even earlier form Baltreshem lacking L-vocalization is also attested in an early 12th-century Latin text. Contains a name Bouter (corresponding to Old English Bealdhere, Old High German Baldheri or Baldhere; more at Bouterse) with the common toponymic element -em (corresponding to heem).

Proper noun

Boutersem n

  1. a municipality in Flemish Brabant province, Belgium

References

  • “Boutersem”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000

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