Schellinkhout

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as scellinchout around 1312. Compound of Middle Dutch schellinge (“boundary”) and wout (“marsh forest, swamp forest”). Compare Schellingwoude and Terschelling.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Schel‧link‧hout

Proper noun

Schellinkhout n

  1. A village and former municipality of Drechterland, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Schellinkhouter

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