Oosterlittens
Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as lechinke [read: lethinge] in the second half of the 13th century, attested with certainty as aesterletzenze in 1402. Borrowed from West Frisian Easterlittens, derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian āsta (“east-, eastern”) and either Lêta (“a personal name”) or *leta (“watercourse”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The element easter was added to distinguish the settlement from Westerlittens.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌoːs.tərˈlɪ.təns/
- Hyphenation: Oos‧ter‧lit‧tens
- Rhymes: -ɪtəns
Proper noun
Oosterlittens n
- A village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN