Where does “veehouder” come from?
veehouder (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.
veehouder (Dutch): someone who keeps livestock, a livestock farmer
Definitions
- someone who keeps livestock, a livestock farmer
Ancestry of “veehouder”, step by step
veehouder traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch vee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | vee | livestock, cattle |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | vêe | livestock (collectively) |
| 3 | Old Dutch | fē | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *fehu | livestock |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fehu | livestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | péḱu | livestock |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | peḱ- | to pluck; livestock; wealth |
via Dutch houden
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | houden | to keep; to keep, to care for; to hold, to be... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | houden | to hold; to keep; Alternative spelling of ouden;... |
| 3 | Old Dutch | haldan | to hold, to keep |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | haldan | to hold; to keep |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | haldaną | to hold, to keep |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kel- | to hit; beat; to pierce, to stab; goblet |