Hem

(Engels)

1. (neuter) a village in Drechterland, North Holland, Netherlands
2. (neuter) a hamlet in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɦɛm/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: hamme

Geleend van Fries: De Him

In summary

* (Noord-Holland) First attested as hem around 1312. Derived from Middle Dutch hamme (“alluvial land in the bend of a watercourse”).
* (Friesland) First attested as De Hem in 1511. Borrowed from West Frisian De Him, derived from him (“inland polder with natural drainage”).