Pannekeet

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Pannekeet in 1877. Compound of the plural form of pan (“pan”) and keet (“shack”), referring here to a shack used as a saltern. It is unclear whether the toponym refers to a physical shack or if it derives from a surname.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Pan‧ne‧keet

Proper noun

Pannekeet n

1. A hamlet in Dijk en Waard, North Holland, Netherlands

References

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