Hasselt

Dutch Etymology (Belgium) From the root of nl hazel hazel. (Overijssel) First attested as haslet in 1227. Derived from nl gem-pro *haslaz hazel, Corylus avellana or gem-pro *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix gem-pro *-uþi-. See also nds-nl Asselt. (Dutch Limburg) First attested in 1326 as hasselt. Derived from nl gem-pro *haslaz hazel, Corylus avellana or gem-pro *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix gem-pro *-uþi-. (Noord-Brabant) First attested as die hasselt in 1382. Derived from nl gem-pro *haslaz hazel, Corylus avellana or gem-pro *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix gem-pro *-uþi-. Pronunciation nl /ˈɦɑ.səlt/ nl Nl-Hasselt.ogg nl Has selt nl ɑsəlt 2 Proper noun n nl Q58780 nl capital city mun/Limburg c/Belgium nl Q21767697 nl a <<municipality>> in the <<arrondissement>> of Hasselt in c/Belgium nl Q81159 nl city/and/former municipality mun/Zwartewaterland p/Overijssel c/Netherlands nl Q2192921 nl hamlet mun/Venlo p/Limburg c/Netherlands nl neighbourhood c/Tilburg p/North Brabant c/Netherlands Derived terms nl Hasselaar nl Hasselts nl Hasselderheide nl Stokhasselt References hasselt "Hasselt" du dictionnaire des noms de lieux par Louis Deroy et Marianne Mullon, Usuels Robert, 1992