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Dutch
Alternative forms
Etymology
First attested as heringhehusen in 1344. Compound of Middle Dutch Here (“a personal name”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ing- and the plural form of huus (“house”). The first element was gradually reinterpreted to haring (“herring, Clupea harengus”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Ha‧ring‧hui‧zen
Proper noun
Haringhuizen n
- A village in Hollands Kroon, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “haringhuizen”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN