landname
Dutch
Etymology
Coined by J.A.N. Knuttel in 1937.[1] Compound of land + name, calque of German Landnahme and Old Norse landnám.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlɑntˌnaː.mə/
- Hyphenation: land‧na‧me
Noun
landname f (plural landnames or landnamen)
- settlement or occupation of (new) land (from the settlers' or occupiers' perspective)
References
- Johannis Adrianus Nelinus Knuttel, "De Frankische landname", in Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse Taal- en Letterkunde, vol. 56, 1937.