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Odijk
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Dutch
Alternative forms
nl Ooik dialect form
Etymology
First attested as iodichem [read: i odichem] in 918-948. Etymology uncertain. The toponym appears to be a compound of an unknown first element and the suffix gem-pro *-ikja-. The element odt hēm home, settlement in the oldest attestation is a scribal insertion.
Compare nl Blerick, nl Bunnik, nl Cuijk, nl Geverik, nl Lopik, nl Maurik, nl Mook, nl Niftrik, nl Varik, nl Woezik and nl Fellerich.
Pronunciation
nl Odijk
Proper noun
n
nl village/and/former municipality mun/Bunnik p/Utrecht c/Netherlands
Derived terms
nl Odijker
nl Odijks
References
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