Winsum.
a village and former municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
Meaning & usage
a village and former municipality of Het Hogeland, Groningen, Netherlands
a village in Waadhoeke, Friesland, Netherlands
Where this word comes from
* (Groningen) First attested as uinchem and uuinkhem in the 10th or 11th century. Etymology uncertain. The toponym may be a compound of a personal name, Old Frisian *wink (“corner”) or an otherwise unattested toponym *Winiki and heem (“home, settlement”). * (Friesland) First attested as winshyum in the 13th century. Borrowed from West Frisian Winsum, potentially derived from a compound of Old Frisian Wynka (a personal name) and hēm (“home, settlement”).
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