De Weed
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as die weed in 1417. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from dialectal weed (“land located outside of a levee”), Middle Dutch wede (“forest, brushwood”) or wede (“woad, Isatis tinctoria”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: De Weed
Proper noun
De Weed n
- A hamlet in Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “de weed”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN