Where does “roetveeg” come from?

roetveeg (Dutch) comes from Dutch veeg, from Dutch vegen, from Middle Dutch vēgen, from Old Dutch fegōn, from Proto-West Germanic faginōn, from Proto-Germanic faginōną, from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ-.

roetveeg (Dutch): daub of soot, e.g. caused by wiping with a sooty object

Definitions

  1. daub of soot, e.g. caused by wiping with a sooty object

Ancestry of “roetveeg”, step by step

roetveeg traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch veeg

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchveega swipe; doomed to die; near death
2Dutchvegento sweep; to brush; to wipe
3Middle Dutchvēgento sweep, to clean
4Old Dutchfegōnto cleanse
5Proto-West Germanicfaginōnto gladden, rejoice
6Proto-Germanicfaginōnąto gladden, rejoice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpōḱ-—

via Dutch roet

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchroetsoot; a fungus type
2Middle Dutchroet—
3Old Dutchrōt—
4Proto-West Germanicraudred
5Proto-Germanicraudazred
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rowdʰósred thing
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rewdʰ-red
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pōḱ- →