Where does “nepvlees” come from?

nepvlees (Dutch) comes from Dutch vlees, from Middle Dutch vlêesch, from Old Dutch flēsc, from Proto-West Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Germanic flaiski, from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- — to tear, peel off; to tear, rend.

nepvlees (Dutch): vegetarian or vegan substitutes for meat

Definitions

  1. vegetarian or vegan substitutes for meat

Ancestry of “nepvlees”, step by step

nepvlees traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vlees

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvleesmeat; flesh
2Middle Dutchvlêeschmeat
3Old Dutchflēscmeat, flesh
4Proto-West Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
5Proto-Germanicflaiskimeat, flesh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁ḱ-to tear, peel off; to tear, rend

via Dutch nep

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchnepimitation, fake; fake, not real; artificial, not...
2GermanNepprip-off; fake, rip-off
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pleh₁ḱ- →