Lille (the capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France)
eş: capitale des Flandres
köken: Inherited from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), from Latin Īnsula, from īnsula (“island”), whence also île. The name was resegmented (like its Dutch counterpart Rijsel): in à l'Isle (“at the Isle”), the definite article came to be considered part of the name, and it was thus interpreted as à Lille.
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.? Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl) Classical Persian نِیل (nīl) Middle Persian 𐭪 (k /-ak/) Classical Persian ـَک (-ak) Classical Persian لِیلَک (līlak)bor. Arabic لِيلَك (līlak)bor. French lilacbor. Spanish lila Borrowed from French lilac, from Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately…
Lille (the departmental capital of Nord department, France; the regional capital of Hauts-de-France)
eş: Lille
köken: From Middle Dutch risele, presumably from an older unattested *isele, a calque of Old French isle (“island”). Like its French counterpart Lille, the name was rebracketed: The phrase ter isele (“at the islet”) was reinterpreted as te risele (“at Rijsel”).