Snepseind

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as sneppenscoet in 1340. Compound of snip (“woodcock, Scolopax rusticola”) and schoot (“piece of land that juts upward”). The second element was later replaced with eind (“end, edge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsnɛps.ɛi̯nt/
Hyphenation: Sneps‧eind

Proper noun

Snepseind n

A neighbourhood of Oirschot, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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