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Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Ospel in 1612 and 1621. Difficult to interpret due to a paucity of old attestations. Potentially a compound of a variant of Middle Dutch espe (“aspen (Populus tremula)”) and lo (“light forest”) or a contraction of oost (“east, eastern”) and peel (“swamp, marsh”).
See also Limburgish D'Oospel.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ospel n
- A village in Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands
Derived terms
References
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN