Rottum

English

Proper noun

Rottum

1. A village inDe Fryske Marrenmunicipality,Frieslandprovince,Netherlands.
2. A village inHet Hogelandmunicipality,Groningenprovince,Netherlands.

Dutch

Etymology

• (Friesland) First attested asruthnein 1132. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from an ancient hydronym derived fromProto-Indo-European*reu-(“dig”).CompareRoermond.
• (Groningen) First attested asrottonin the 10th or 11th century. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from an ancient hydronym, derived in turn from a term cognate to the elementraadindageraad(“dawn”)or fromProto-Indo-European*arat-(“protruding, projecting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈrɔ.tʏm/
• Hyphenation:Rot‧tum

Proper noun

Rottumn

1. A village inDe Fryske Marren,Friesland,Netherlands
2. A village inHet Hogeland,Groningen,Netherlands

Derived terms

• Rotstergaast
• Rotsterhaule
• Rottumer
• Rottumeroog
• Rottumerplaat

References

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