wijgeest

/ˈʋɛi̯.ɣeːst/
nötr
FELEMENKÇE → TR

Tanım

•a hamlet in Noardeast-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

Etimoloji

First attested as wygast in 1470. Calque of West Frisian De Wigeast, a compound of an unclear first element and Old Frisian gast (“elevated sandy land”). The element wij was added to distinguish the settlement from Westergeest.