Gorinchem

(Anglès)

Gorinchem (a city and municipality of South Holland, Netherlands)

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɣɔr.kʏm/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: Gorichem

Heretat de Old Dutch: *Goringahēm

In summary

First attested as gornichem [read: gorinchem] around 1200. From Middle Dutch Gorichem, Gorinchem, from Old Dutch *Goringahēm, from *Goro (a personal name) + -ing (“belonging to, descending from”) + hēm (“home, place”).