Limborch

Middle Dutch Etymology The second element is dum borch stronghold, fortress. The first element is of disputed origin: dum gmw-pro *lindu lime tree archaic/obsolete dum lint meaning "snake, dragon," for which see en lindworm dum la limes boundary, limit, edge, a Roman-era name for its location at the boundary of the empire. the noun dum 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 de Linth). Proper noun dum proper noun dum Limburg duchy Inflection dum noun Descendants nl Limburg li Lèmbörg References Berkel and Samplonius, "Het Plaatsnamenboek", 1989, Unieboek, Houten Jean-Louis Kupper (2007) Les origines du duché de Limbourg-sur-Vesdre", Revue belge de Philologie et d'Histoire Année 85-3-4 pp. Further reading ID35903