Wadway

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as waddeweye in 1256. Compound of Middle Dutch wadde (“ford, shallow area”) and Old Frisian wei (“way, road”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Wad‧way

Proper noun

Wadway n

  1. A village in Opmeer, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

Derived terms
  • Wadwayer

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “wadway”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.