Hunsel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hunsel in 1400. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of older attestations. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch Hund (a personal name) and either lo (“light forest”) or sele (“hall house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦʏn.səl/

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• Hyphenation: Hun‧sel
• Rhymes: -ʏnsəl

Proper noun

Hunsel n

1. A village and former municipality of Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Hunselaar
• Hunsels

References

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