Where does “voet” come from?

voet (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch voet, from Old Dutch fuot, from Proto-West Germanic fōt, from Proto-Germanic fōts, from Proto-Indo-European pṓds, from Proto-Indo-European póds, from Proto-Indo-European ped- — to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall.

voet (Dutch): foot; Dutch foot; imperial foot

Definitions

  1. foot; Dutch foot; imperial foot

Ancestry of “voet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchvoetfoot; paw; foot, bottom part, base
2Old Dutchfuotfoot
3Proto-West Germanicfōtfoot
4Proto-Germanicfōtsfoot
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpṓdsfoot
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpódsfoot
7Proto-Indo-Europeanped-to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall

Words derived from “voet”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ped- →