Where does “slachtvee” come from?

slachtvee (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.

slachtvee (Dutch): slaughter cattle, raised for the meat rather than produce

Definitions

  1. slaughter cattle, raised for the meat rather than produce

Ancestry of “slachtvee”, step by step

slachtvee 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 slachten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchslachtento slaughter
2Middle Dutchslachtento slaughter, to kill; to resemble, to look like
3Old Dutchslahton—
4Proto-Germanicslahtōną—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →