Berkel en Rodenrijs

== Dutch == === Etymology === Berkel is first attested as berkel in 1266. Rodenrijs is first attested as roderinse in 1130-1161. Berkel is derived from a compound of Middle Dutch berc (“birch, Betula sp.”) and lo (“light forest”). Rodenrijs is derived from a compound of an inflected form of Old Dutch rōt (“red”) and risa (“young branch, brushwood”). Formerly two independent villages. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: Ber‧kel en Ro‧den‧rijs === Proper noun === Berkel en Rodenrijs n a village and former municipality of Lansingerland, South Holland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Berkel en rodenrijs”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN