Zennewijnen

Dutch

Alternative forms

Zenne (dialect form), Senne (dialect form)

Etymology

First attested as sinuinum in 850. Compound of an unclear first element and Old Dutch wina (“meadow, pasture”). The first element might be a term related to Old Norse sina (“old winter grass”) or Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌽𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 (sineigs, “old”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌzɛ.nəˈʋɛi̯.nə(n)/
Hyphenation: Zen‧ne‧wij‧nen
Rhymes: -ɛi̯nən

Proper noun

Zennewijnen n

A hamlet in Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

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

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