Schellingwoude

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scellingwoude in 1275. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary, border”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellinkhout and Terschelling.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Schel‧ling‧wou‧de

Proper noun

Schellingwoude n

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

References

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

Further reading

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