Where does “vetewezen” come from?

vetewezen (Dutch) comes from Dutch vete, from Middle Dutch vete, from Old Dutch *faitha, from Proto-West Germanic faihiþu, from Proto-West Germanic -iþu, from Proto-Germanic -iþō, from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ — -th.

vetewezen (Dutch): a customary system of resolving conflicts and feuds with public displays of violence

Definitions

  1. a customary system of resolving conflicts and feuds with public displays of violence

Ancestry of “vetewezen”, step by step

vetewezen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch vete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchvetefeud
2Middle Dutchvete—
3Old Dutch*faitha—
4Proto-West Germanicfaihiþuenmity, hostility; feud
5Proto-West Germanic-iþuForms abstract nouns from verbs, adjectives or...
6Proto-Germanic-iþō-ness, -th
7Proto-Indo-European-iteh₂-th

via Dutch wezen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1DutchwezenA being, creature; system, sector, institution;...
2Middle Dutchwēsento be
3Old Dutchwesanto be
4Proto-West Germanicwesanto be
5Proto-Germanic*wesaną—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwes-to dress, clothe
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -iteh₂ →