Äöje

See also: aoje and aojé

Limburgish

Etymology

Derived from Middle Dutch Oyen, from the dative plural of ooi, oo (“low-lying pasture near water”),[1] ultimately from Proto-Germanic *agw(i)jô- (“belonging to the water”), from *ahwō (“water”),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂. Compare Dutch Aijen.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈœː.jə/
  • Rhymes: -œːjə

Proper noun

Äöje n (Veldeke spelling)

  1. A hamlet in Bergen, Limburg, Netherlands.

References
  1. van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
  2. F. Debrabandere (2011), Limburgs etymologisch woordenboek: de herkomst van de woorden uit beide Limburgen (in Dutch), Zwolle
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