Berkel en Rodenrijs

Dutch

Etymology

Berkel is first attested as berkel in 1266. Rodenrijs is first attested as roderinse in 1130-1161. Berkel is derived from a compound of Middle Dutch berc (“birch, Betula sp.”) and lo (“light forest”). Rodenrijs is derived from a compound of an inflected form of Old Dutch rōt (“red”) and risa (“young branch, brushwood”). Formerly two independent villages.

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: Ber‧kel en Ro‧den‧rijs

Proper noun

Berkel en Rodenrijs n

1. A village and former municipality of Lansingerland, South Holland, Netherlands

References

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