Odijk

Dutch

Alternative forms

  • Ooik (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as iodichem [read: i odichem] in 918-948. Etymology uncertain. The toponym appears to be a compound of an unknown first element and the suffix Proto-Germanic *-ikja-. The element Old Dutch hēm (“home, settlement”) in the oldest attestation is a scribal insertion.

Compare Blerick, Bunnik, Cuijk, Geverik, Lopik, Maurik, Mook, Niftrik, Varik, Woezik and Fellerich.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Odijk

Proper noun

Odijk n

  1. a village and former municipality of Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands

Derived terms

  • Odijker
  • Odijks

References

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