Belt-Schutsloot

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as Sandbeld en Schutsloot in 1748. Compound of dialectal belt (“slightly elevated place”) and the hydronym Schutsloot, which is derived from schutsloot (“ditch with a dam”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlt ˈsxʏt.sloːt/
Hyphenation: Belt-‧Schut‧sloot

Proper noun

Belt-Schutsloot n

A village in Steenwijkerland, Overijssel, Netherlands

References

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