Rottum

English

Proper noun

Rottum

  1. A village in De Fryske Marren municipality, Friesland province, Netherlands.
  2. A village in Het Hogeland municipality, Groningen province, Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

  • (Friesland) First attested as ruthne in 1132. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from an ancient hydronym derived from Proto-Indo-European *reu- (“dig”). Compare Roermond.
  • (Groningen) First attested as rotton in the 10th or 11th century. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from an ancient hydronym, derived in turn from a term cognate to the element raad in dageraad (“dawn”) or from Proto-Indo-European *arat- (“protruding, projecting”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.tʏm/
  • Hyphenation: Rot‧tum

Proper noun

Rottum n

  1. a village in De Fryske Marren, Friesland, Netherlands
  2. a village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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