Etymograph

English

Oisterwijk

Oisterwijk comes from Dutch Oisterwijk, and goes back to wijk ‘farmstead, village, settlement’.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentwijk‘farmstead, village, settlement’
  2. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentOisterwijk
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presentwijk‘farmstead, village, settlement’
  2. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentOisterwijk
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A village and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Dutch wijk / Oisterwijk