Where does “opvetten” come from?
opvetten (Dutch) comes from Dutch vet, from Middle Dutch vet, from Old Dutch fētit, from Proto-West Germanic faitid, from Proto-West Germanic fait, from Proto-Germanic faitaz, from Proto-Indo-European poyH-, from Proto-Indo-European peyH- — fat, milk.
opvetten (Dutch): to fatten up
Definitions
- to fatten up
Ancestry of “opvetten”, step by step
opvetten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vet | fat; greasy; emphatical, bold |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vet | fat, large; fat; fatty, greasy |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fētit | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | faitid | fattened, made fat |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | fait | fat |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | faitaz | fat |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | poyH- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | peyH- | fat, milk |
via Dutch op- -en
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | op- -en | Forms transitive verbs, mostly from adjectives, meaning "to make more (adjective), to (adjective)-ify" |