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Hesta
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hesta hestä hestʼa
Walloon
Etymology
Ultimately from wa frk *Harjastalja army camp, possibly via la-med Charistalius, la-med Harastallius.en Wolfgang Haubrichs The Multilingualism of the Early Middle Ages: Evidence from Peripheral Regions of the Regnum orientalium Francorum. Robert Gallagher, Edward Roberts, Francesca Tinti The Languages of Early Medieval Charters: Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word. Leiden 2020 9789004428119 85f.Gysseling, Maurits (2013), Herstal in the Toponymical Dictionary of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Northern France and West Germany (before 1226).
Pronunciation
wa /hɛ.sta/
Proper noun
wa proper noun
wa municipality c/Belgium Herstal
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Further reading
wa Herstal