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Snepseind

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Dutch

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Etymology

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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

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

Proper noun

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Snepseind n

  1. A neighbourhood of Oirschot, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

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