Brunsting
Dutch
Etymology
Potentially attested as tide bruntinge in 1475, attested with certainty as Brinstinge in 1516. Potentially derived from either Old Saxon Bruntêt (“a personal name”) or Middle Dutch Breust (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrʏn.stɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: Brun‧sting
Proper noun
Brunsting n
- A hamlet in Midden-Drenthe, Drenthe, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN