Oosterlittens

Dutch

Etymology

Potentially attested as lechinke [read: lethinge] in the second half of the 13th century, attested with certainty as aesterletzenze in 1402. Borrowed from West Frisian Easterlittens, derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian āsta (“east-, eastern”) and either Lêta (“a personal name”) or *leta (“watercourse”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The element easter was added to distinguish the settlement from Westerlittens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌoːs.tərˈlɪ.təns/
• Hyphenation: Oos‧ter‧lit‧tens
• Rhymes: -ɪtəns

Proper noun

Oosterlittens n

1. A village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.

References

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