Pannekeet

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Pannekeet in 1877. Compound of the plural form of pan (“pan”) and keet (“shack”), referring here to a shack used as a saltern. It is unclear whether the toponym refers to a physical shack or if it derives from a surname.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Pan‧ne‧keet

Proper noun

Pannekeet n

  1. a hamlet in Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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