terp

Meaning

artificial mound or hillock used as shelter during high tide

Concepts

mound

Translations

mota

túmul

Erdhügel

Erdwall

cumulo

terrapieno

tumulo

monticello

tumulus

monte

pilha

túmulo

montículo

höyük

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛrp/

Etymology

Borrowed from Western Frisian: terp

In summary

Borrowed from West Frisian terp, from Old Frisian therp, from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorp.