Afferden

Etymology

 * (Gelderland) First attested as afrithon in the 11th or 12th century. Etymology uncertain. Potentially derived from a prehistoric hydronym 🇨🇬 with the dative plural form of the collectivising suffix . An alternative etymology posits a derivation from 🇨🇬, a hydronym derived from the root or . Not a compound of  and . Compare  and.
 * (Limburg) First attested as afordia in 1293. Etymology uncertain. The first attestation in Latin is likely a reinterpretation of the toponym as a compound of and . A proposed derivation from a compound of  and  is dubious.