Where does “Amstelveen” come from?

Amstelveen (Dutch) comes from Dutch veen, from Middle Dutch vēne, from Old Dutch feni, from Proto-Germanic fanją, from Proto-Indo-European pen- — bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

Amstelveen (Dutch): without city rights

Definitions

  1. without city rights

Ancestry of “Amstelveen”, step by step

Amstelveen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch veen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchveenpeat; bog, fen
2Middle Dutchvēnemire, bog
3Old Dutchfenifen, marsh, swamp
4Proto-Germanicfanjąfen, marsh, swamp
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpen-bog, mire; moist; wet; mud; swamp; water; mire,...

via Dutch Amstel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchAmstela poetic metonym for Amsterdam, which lies on the river and is named after it
2Dutchamewater, current

Words derived from “Amstelveen”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pen- →