Ter Aar
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as are in 1280-1287. Derived from an inflected form of te (“at”) and the hydronym Aar, derived from Proto-Indo-European *er (“move, rouse”). Cognates of the hydronym include German Aare, Ahr and Spanish Ara. Compare Ardorf.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ter Aar
Proper noun
Ter Aar n
- A village and former municipality of Nieuwkoop, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.'
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “ter aar”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN