Etymograph

English

Oosterhout

Oosterhout comes from Dutch Oosterhout, and goes back to hout ‘rising forest’.

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presenthout‘rising forest’
  2. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentOosterhout
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history not traced here.

Lineage

  1. Dutchc. 1500–presenthout‘rising forest’
  2. Dutch, derivedc. 1500–presentOosterhout
  3. Englishtodaysame form

Today it means

name A city and municipality of North Brabant, Netherlands.

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

Etymograph / Dutch hout / Oosterhout