Hunsel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hunsel in 1400. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of older attestations. Potentially a compound of Old Dutch Hund (“a personal name”) and either lo (“light forest”) or sele (“hall house”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɦʏn.səl/
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  • Hyphenation: Hun‧sel
  • Rhymes: -ʏnsəl

Proper noun

Hunsel n

  1. A village and former municipality of Leudal, Limburg, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Hunselaar
  • Hunsels

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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