Schellinkhout

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scellinchout around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellingwoude and Terschelling.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: Schel‧link‧hout

Proper noun

Schellinkhout n

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

Derived terms

  • Schellinkhouter

References

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