Wetsinge
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as uuirkingi in the 10th or 11th century. Derived from either Old Frisian Werk (“a personal name”) or wirk (“fortress, fortification”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. Compare Wessinghuizen and Wessingtange.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛt.sɪ.ŋə/
- Hyphenation: Wet‧sin‧ge
Proper noun
Wetsinge n
- A village in Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Groot Wetsinge
- Klein Wetsinge
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN