Snijdelwijk

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as snodelwiic and snedelwike in 1280-1287. Compound of Middle Dutch snodel (“poor sod, dummy”) and wyc (“farmstead, village, settlement”). Compare Knollemanshoek, Snel in Snel en Polanen and Snelleveld.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Snij‧del‧wijk

Proper noun

Snijdelwijk n

A neighbourhood of Alphen aan den Rijn, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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