Schellinkhout

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scellinchout around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellingwoude and Terschelling.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Schel‧link‧hout

Proper noun

Schellinkhout n

1. A village and former municipality of Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands

Derived terms

• Schellinkhouter

References

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