Neuter
Hasselt
- (neuter) the capital city of Limburg, Belgium
- (neuter) a city and former municipality of Zwartewaterland, Overijssel, Netherlands
- (neuter) a hamlet in Venlo, Limburg, Netherlands
- (neuter) a neighbourhood of Tilburg, North Brabant, Netherlands
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɦɑ.səlt/
Etymology
* (Belgium) From the root of hazel (“hazel”). * (Overijssel) First attested as haslet in 1227. Derived from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel, Corylus avellana”) or *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-uþi-. See also Dutch Low Saxon Asselt. * (Dutch Limburg) First attested in 1326 as hasselt. Derived from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel, Corylus avellana”) or *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-uþi-. * (Noord-Brabant) First attested as die hasselt in 1382. Derived from Proto-Germanic *haslaz (“hazel, Corylus avellana”) or *hasala suffixed with the collectivising suffix *-uþi-.
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