heingilo

Old Dutch

Etymology

Compound of *heingi (“enclosure”) +‎ *lō (“forest, clearing”). The first element is a syncope of *heginingi (“enclosure”), which stems from *heginen (“to enclose”) (whence Modern Dutch omheinen and omheining).

Noun

*heingilō m

1. Hengelo (a village in modern Gelderland, the Netherlands)

Inflection

Declension of heingilō (neuter a-stem noun - contracted - no plural)

case	singular
nominative	heingilō
accusative	heingilō
genitive	heingilōs
dative	heingilōe

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: Hengelôo
  • Dutch: Hengelo