Heesselt
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as hesola in 850. Perhaps a compound of hees (“brushwood”) and lo (“light forest”). The final -t is young.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦeː.səlt/
- Hyphenation: Hees‧selt
- Rhymes: -eːsəlt
Proper noun
Heesselt n
- A village in West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Heesseltenaar
- Heesselts
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN