Oosterlittens

== Dutch == === Etymology === Potentially attested as lechinke [read: lethinge] in the second half of the 13th century, attested with certainty as aesterletzenze in 1402. Borrowed from West Frisian Easterlittens, derived in turn from a compound of Old Frisian āsta (“east-, eastern”) and either Lêta (a personal name) or *leta (“watercourse”) suffixed with the collectivising suffix -ingi-. The element easter was added to distinguish the settlement from Westerlittens. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌoːs.tərˈlɪ.təns/ Hyphenation: Oos‧ter‧lit‧tens Rhymes: -ɪtəns === Proper noun === Oosterlittens n a village in Leeuwarden, Friesland, Netherlands === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN