Where does “vee” come from?

vee (Dutch) comes 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.

vee (Dutch): livestock, cattle

Definitions

  1. livestock, cattle

Ancestry of “vee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvêelivestock (collectively)
2Old Dutchfē—
3Proto-West Germanic*fehulivestock
4Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “vee”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ- →