Limmen

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as limbon in 918-948. Etymology unknown. Potentially derived from a hydronym derived in turn from Proto-Indo-European *slembh, cognate to English slump and limp. Unlikely to be derived from Latin limbus (“seam, edge”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Lim‧men

Proper noun

Limmen n

A village and former municipality of Castricum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Synonym: Gorteldonk (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

Limmenaar
Limmer
Limmerkoog

References

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

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