wesepa

Old Dutch

Etymology

Uncertain; the second element might be *apa (“river”). The first element is hard to explain, a connection to Proto-Indo-European *weys- (“to flow”) (whence Weser) has been proposed, as well as a connection to Proto-Germanic *wisiz (“good”).

Noun

wesepa f

  1. Weesp (a city in modern North Holland, the Netherlands)

Inflection

In case the name is indeed derived from *apa:

Declension of wesepa (feminine ō/ōn-stem noun - no plural)
case singular
nominative wesepa
accusative wesepa, wesepon
genitive wesepon
dative wesepon

Further reading

  • van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Weesp”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
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