heingilo

Old Dutch

Etymology

Compound of *heingi (“enclosure”) +‎ *lō (“forest, clearing”). The first element is a syncope of *heginingi (“enclosure”), which stems from *heginen (“to enclose”) (whence Modern Dutch omheinen and omheining).

Noun

*heingilō m

  1. Hengelo (a village in modern Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Inflection

Declension of heingilō (neuter a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)
case singular
nominative heingilō
accusative heingilō
genitive heingilōs
dative heingilōe

Descendants

  • Middle Dutch: Hengelôo
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