Where does “veeartsenijkunde” come from?
veeartsenijkunde (Dutch) comes from Dutch veeartsenij, from Dutch veearts, 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 — to pluck; livestock; wealth.
veeartsenijkunde (Dutch): veterinary medicine
Definitions
- veterinary medicine
Ancestry of “veeartsenijkunde”, step by step
veeartsenijkunde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch veeartsenij
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | veeartsenij | veterinary practice |
| 2 | Dutch | veearts | A veterinarian, mainly used for one treating farm... |
| 3 | Dutch | vee | livestock, cattle |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | vêe | livestock (collectively) |
| 5 | Old Dutch | fē | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *fehu | livestock |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fehu | livestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | péḱu | livestock |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |