see

sêe (canonical feminine masculine)
sêe (nominative singular)
sêwen (nominative plural)
sêe (accusative singular)
sêwen (accusative plural)
sêwen (genitive singular)
sêwen (genitive plural)
sêe (dative singular)
sêwen (dative singular)
sêwen (dative plural)

desctree

Dutch: zee f
Afrikaans: see
Berbice Creole Dutch: sei
Javindo: see
Negerhollands: see
→ Saramaccan: zé
→ Sranan Tongo: se

Limburgish: zieë f

West Flemish: zji m or f, zêe

From Old Dutch sēo, from Proto-Germanic *saiwiz.


mase

Dutch: Maas


dal

Dutch: dal
Afrikaans: dal

Limburgish: daal

From Old Dutch dal, from Proto-Germanic *dalą.


namen

Dutch: Namen

Namur (a city and county in modern Belgium)


gent

Dutch: Gent

From earlier Ganda; if from Celtic, possibly from Proto-Celtic *kom-dati (“confluence”), from Proto-Indo-European *kom-dʰh₁-ti- (“confluence”), equivalent to *ḱóm + *dʰeh₁- (similar to the town Condivincum); or related to the Celtic goddess Gontia. The name could otherwise be of non-Indo-European origin.


leiden

Dutch: Leiden

From Old Dutch *Lagiþon, of Germanic origin, from a derivative of Proto-West Germanic *lagu (“water”). Not related to Lugdunum, which it is sometimes erroneously connected to.

Leiden (a city in the modern Netherlands)


loon

Dutch: Loon, (compounded) Borgloon


aken

Dutch: Aken

Limburgish: Aoke


kille

kille (nominative singular)
killen (nominative plural)
kille (accusative singular)
killen (accusative plural)
killen (genitive singular)
killen (genitive plural)
kille (dative singular)
killen (dative singular)
killen (dative plural)

Dutch: kil

From Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).


breda

Dutch: Breda

Breda (a city in the modern Netherlands)


delf

Dutch: Delft

Delft (a city in the modern Netherlands)


schelt

Dutch: Schelde


cleve

Dutch: Kleef

Limburgish: Kleef

desc

⇒ Middle High German: Cleve (influenced)

German: Kleve

Related to clef (“cliff”); the town is one of the highest points in the region.

1432 CE, Brabantsche Yeesten book VI

After she was left widow of the count of Cleves, her husband

na dat si weduwe bleven was van den greve van cleve haren man


bergen op den soom

Dutch: Bergen op Zoom

Bergen op Zoom (a city in the modern Netherlands)


rome

Dutch: Rome
Afrikaans: Rome

Limburgish: Roeme

From Old Dutch and Frankish *Rōma, from Proto-West Germanic *Rūmu, from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō.


antwerpen

Dutch: Antwerpen


haerlem

Dutch: Haarlem

Haarlem (a city in the modern Netherlands)


aemstelredam

Dutch: Amsterdam

Amsterdam (a city in the modern Netherlands)


gelre

Dutch: Gelre


rotterdam

Dutch: Rotterdam

Rotterdam (a city in the modern Netherlands)


dordrecht

Dutch: Dordrecht

Dordrecht (a city in the modern Netherlands)


utrecht

Dutch: Utrecht

Utrecht (a city in the modern Netherlands)


die hage

Dutch: Den Haag

The Hague (a city in the modern Netherlands)


ludeke

Dutch: Luik

Limburgish: Luuk

Holy Roman Empire
Holy Roman Empire#English

Liège (a former bishopric in the Holy Roman Empire)


limborch

Dutch: Limburg

Limburgish: Lèmbörg

The second element is borch (“stronghold, fortress”). The first element is of disputed origin:
* Proto-West Germanic *lindu (“lime tree”)
* archaic/obsolete lint meaning "snake, dragon," for which see lindworm
* Latin limes (“boundary, limit, edge”), a Roman-era name for its location at the boundary of the empire.
* the noun lijm (“lime, glue, sludge”)
* named by its founder Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine after Limburg Abbey in Bad Dürkheim, Germany, itself possibly from one of the words above (however, also compare the river Linth).

der

Frederick, Duke of Lower Lorraine
Limburg Abbey


hollant

Dutch: Holland


vlaendren

Dutch: Vlaanderen

→ German: Flandern

→ Swedish: Flandern

→ Old French: Flandres

French: Flandre, Flandres

→ Greek: Φλάνδρα (Flándra)

→ Georgian: ფლანდრია (plandria)

→ Polish: Flandria

→ Portuguese: Flandres

→ Romanian: Flandra

→ Middle English: Flaunders

English: Flanders

From Old Dutch *flāmdra-, from Old Frisian *flāmdra-, from Proto-Germanic *flaumaz. See also vlaemsch (“Flemish”).


brabant

Dutch: Brabant

From Old Dutch *brākbant (attested in Medieval Latin as pāgus brācbatensis, Bracbantum, Bracbantia), from Frankish, a compound of Proto-Germanic *brēk-, *brekaną (“fallow, originally 'to break'”) + *bant-, *bantō, *banti (“district, region”), which could be from Proto-Indo-European *bʰonHdeₕ₂-, *bʰonHdos- (“useful, beneficial, good”), from *bʰHdús-.
Compare modern Dutch braak (“fallow”) and Lithuanian bandà (“herd, flock”).


brugge

Dutch: brug, Brugge

Afrikaans: brug

→ Papiamentu: brùg

Limburgish: brögk

From Old Dutch brugga, from Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ.


sutfen

Zutphen (a city and county in the modern Netherlands)


schotlant

Dutch: Schotland


engelant

desctree

> Dutch: Engeland (inherited)
→ Lokono: Engelanta


henegouwen

Dutch: Henegouwen


vrankerike

Dutch: Frankrijk


rijn

Dutch: Rijn

Limburgish: Rien

From Old Dutch *Rīn, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīn.


oostsee

Dutch: Oostzee


sudersee

Dutch: Zuiderzee


nortsee

Dutch: Noordzee


broec

Dutch: broek

Limburgish: brook

From Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.


parijs

Dutch: Parijs

Limburgish: Peries


aelst

Dutch: Aalst


axele

Dutch: Axel


blankenberge

Dutch: Blankenberge


colne

Dutch: Keulen


cassel

Dutch: Kassel


alcmaer

Dutch: Alkmaar

Alkmaar (a city in the modern Netherlands)


culenborch

Dutch: Kuilenburg

→ Dutch: Culemborg

Culemborg (a city in the modern Netherlands)


velseke

Dutch: Velzeke

Ende den scepenen van velseke teuoirst dat der boidin molniser van dalle(m) vercochte den hare henricke van den putte portere van ghint...

1249, Schepenbrief van Bochoute, Velzeke, eastern Flanders:

And to the aldermen of velseke foremost, that the lord Boidin Molniser of Dallem sold to the lord Henrick van den Putte, citizen of Ghent...


ierlant

ierlant (nominative singular)
ierlant (accusative singular)
ierlants (genitive singular)
-des (genitive singular)
ierlande (dative singular)

Dutch: Ierland

Afrikaans: Ierland

Limburgish: Ierland

Equivalent to *iere (“Irishman”) + lant (“land”).

c. 1320 CE, Arturs doet [Arthurs death]

When the Saxons had fled / Those from Ireland came without mercy

Alse die Sassen gevloen waren / Quamen die van Irlant sonder sparen

c. 1380 CE, Van sente Brandane [About Saint Brendan]

Now learn of how, long ago, / there was a man in Ireland / That saw many a God's miracle.

Nu verneemt hoe over lanc / Een heere was in Yerlant / Die sach menich Gods teekijn.

1318 CE, Hein van Aken, Roman van Heinric en Margriete van Limborch [Novel of Heinric and Margriete of Limburg]

Also came with (him) to the city / The king of Cyprus / And the king of Scotland / And the king of Ireland

Oec quammer met in die stede / Van Cypren die coninc mede / Entie coninc van Scotlant / Entie coninc van Ierlant


marwede

Dutch: Merwede

From Old Dutch Meriwido, Merewede, *Meriwidu, a compound of meri (“lake, sea”) + *widu (“wood”).