Leimuiden

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as letthemutha and leithemutha in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of a hydronym derived from Proto-Germanic *lag- (“water”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-iþi and either Old Frisian mutha (“mouth”) or Old Dutch mutha (“mouth”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Lei‧mui‧den

Proper noun

Leimuiden n

  1. A village and former municipality of Kaag en Braassem, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms

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