Where does “mestvee” come from?

mestvee (Dutch) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- — to pluck; livestock; wealth.

mestvee (Dutch): fattened livestock raised for meat

Definitions

  1. fattened livestock raised for meat

Ancestry of “mestvee”, step by step

mestvee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vee

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchveelivestock, cattle
2Middle Dutchvêelivestock (collectively)
3Old Dutchfē—
4Proto-West Germanic*fehulivestock
5Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

via Dutch mesten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmestento fatten
2Middle Dutchmesten—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →