Dordrecht

English Alternative forms en Dort Etymology From en nl Dordrecht. Pronunciation en /ˈdɔɹdɹɛkt/ /-dɹɛxt/ GA en /ˈdɔːdɹɛkt/ /-dɹɛxt/ RP Proper noun en city/and/municipality/and/island p/South Holland c/Netherlands. Translations Dutch: nl Dordrecht n Georgian: ka დორდრეხტი Hindi: hi डॉरड्रेख़्ट ḍŏrḍrexṭ Russian: ru До́рдрехт Dutch thumb|Locatie van Dordrecht in Zuid-Holland thumb|Dordrecht, oud stadscentrum Etymology First attested as thuredrith and thuredrit in 1064. From nl dum Dordrecht, which had various spellings (nl Thuredrith, nl Durthric, ...). There is some uncertainty as to the origin, mainly that of the suffix nl -drecht. Van Berkel and Samplonius (2006) derive the name from the Germanic elements gem-pro *þurhw through + gem-pro *driftiz creek, waterway, as the name initially would have been applied to a waterway connecting the nl Dubbel to the nl Merwede. Van Osta (1996), in an essay attempting to trace the origins of the toponymic suffix nl -drecht, gives an overview of proposed etymologies for the second element -drecht. He considers the derivation from *drifti- unlikely for various reasons; for example, the ft to cht change that this view supposes is contradicted by the fact that in earlier attestations and in dialects where this change did not happen until much later, -cht is always found instead of the expected -ft. In his conclusion he follows Pottmeyer (1929) in his view that the element likely is to be reconstructed as a noun derived from gem-pro *draganą to pull, draw, carry, but unlike Pottmeyer (who interprets it as a portage), Van Osta believes it refers to a waterway with a towpath. He also briefly mentions Dordrecht, accepting the view that the first element means through. The old explanation, that the second element -drecht is derived from Latin la traiectum (which is the case for the toponymic element nl -trecht in nl Utrecht for example), has been rejected by many scholars (due to the unexplained change of tr to dr, among other reasons), though the claim is still repeated by some authors. Van Osta treats this at length. Pronunciation nl /ˈdɔr.drɛxt/ nl Nl-Dordrecht.ogg nl Dor drecht Proper noun n nl Dordrecht city/and/municipality/and/island p/South Holland c/Netherlands nl Dordt Ooi- en Ramsgat<qq:Carnival nickname> nl Dubbeldam Kop van 't Land Tweede Tol Wieldrecht Usage notes An inhabitant of Dordrecht is called a nl Dordtenaar. Derived terms nl Dordrechts Dordt Nieuw-Dordrecht References dordrecht Van Osta, W., 'Drecht en drecht-namen', Naamkunde 28 (issue 1-2) (1996) pp. 51-77. Further reading nl Middle Dutch Etymology See nl Dordrecht. Proper noun dum proper noun dum Dordrecht city in the modern c/Netherlands Inflection dum noun Descendants nl Dordrecht Further reading ID1830