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Wilp.

a village and former municipality of Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ʋɪlp/
  1. a village and former municipality of Voorst, Gelderland, Netherlands

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Where this word comes from

First attested as huilpa between 840-849. Etymology unknown. Potentially a compound of Proto-Germanic *hwelpjô- (“whelp, young dog”) or *hwelp- (“scream, roar”) and *apa (“river, current”). Both interpretations of the first element are unsatisfactory: the former lacks a naming motive, the latter does not entirely fit with the oldest attestations of the toponym. A derivation from Proto-Indo-European *kewel (“shining, sparkling”) has also been proposed.

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