Leimuiden
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as letthemutha and leithemutha in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of a hydronym derived from Proto-Germanic *lag- (“water”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-iþi and either Old Frisian mutha (“mouth”) or Old Dutch mutha (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Lei‧mui‧den
Proper noun
Leimuiden n
- A village and former municipality of Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Leimuidenaar
- Leimuider
- Leimuiderbrug
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “leimuiden”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN