Where does “vechtlust” come from?

vechtlust (Dutch) comes from Dutch lust, from Middle Dutch lust, from Old Dutch lust, from Proto-West Germanic lustu, from Proto-Germanic lustuz, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

vechtlust (Dutch): eagerness to fight, truculence

Definitions

  1. eagerness to fight, truculence

Ancestry of “vechtlust”, step by step

vechtlust traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch lust

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchlustlust, desire; object of desire; pleasure, joy
2Middle Dutchlustenjoyment, pleasure; lust, desire; hunger, desire...
3Old Dutchlust
4Proto-West Germaniclustudesire, want, lust
5Proto-Germaniclustuzlust, desire, want
6Proto-Germaniclausazloose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

via Dutch vechten

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvechtento fight
2Middle Dutchvechtento fight; to battle
3Old Dutchfehtanto fight
4Proto-West Germanicfehtanto fight
5Proto-Germanicfehtanąto comb, detangle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “vechtlust

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH-
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