Deventer

(Anglès)

Deventer (a city and municipality, an Overijssel in the Netherlands)

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdeː.vən.tər/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb Old Dutch: daf

In summary

First attested as dauentre in 840-849. Etymology uncertain. Perhaps derived from an ancient Celtic hydronym or a compound of either Old Dutch daf (“dead”) or *Dafa (a personal name) and *threo (“tree”). Compare Daventry.
See also Dutch Low Saxon Daeventer.