Speers
See also: speers
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as spaers in 1481. Borrowed from West Frisian Spears, potentially derived from Old Frisian Sparre (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /speːrs/
- Hyphenation: Speers
- Rhymes: -eːrs
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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