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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as letthemutha and leithemutha in the first half of the 11th century. Compound of a hydronym derived from Proto-Germanic *lag- (“water”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-iþi and either Old Frisian mutha (“mouth”) or Old Dutch mutha (“mouth”).
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Proper noun
Leimuiden n
- A village and former municipality of Kaag en Braassem, South Holland, Netherlands
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References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “leimuiden”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN