Leimuiden

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as letthemutha and leithemutha in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of a hydronym derived from Proto-Germanic *lag- (“water”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-iþi and either Old Frisian mutha (“mouth”) or Old Dutch mutha (“mouth”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Lei‧mui‧den

Proper noun

Leimuiden n

1. A village and former municipality of Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Leimuidenaar
• Leimuider
• Leimuiderbrug

References

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