Where does “melkveehouderij” come from?
melkveehouderij (Dutch) comes from Dutch veehouderij, from Dutch veehouder, from Dutch vee, from Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic fehu, from Proto-Indo-European péḱu — to pluck; livestock; wealth.
melkveehouderij (Dutch): dairy husbandry, milk husbandry; dairy farm, milk...
Definitions
- dairy husbandry, milk husbandry; dairy farm, milk...
Ancestry of “melkveehouderij”, step by step
melkveehouderij traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch veehouderij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | veehouderij | husbandry; farm where livestock are raised,... |
| 2 | Dutch | veehouder | someone who keeps livestock, a livestock farmer |
| 3 | Dutch | vee | livestock, cattle |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vêe | livestock (collectively) |
| 5 | Old Dutch | fē | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fehu | livestock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fehu | livestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péḱu | livestock |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |