Where does “etveen” come from?

etveen (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,...

etveen (Dutch): a peatland repurposed as a pasture

Definitions

  1. a peatland repurposed as a pasture

Ancestry of “etveen”, step by step

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,...
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