Where does “vêe” come from?

vêe (Middle Dutch) comes 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.

vêe (Middle Dutch): livestock (collectively)

Definitions

  1. livestock (collectively)

Ancestry of “vêe”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutch
2Proto-West Germanic*fehulivestock
3Proto-Germanicfehulivestock, cattle; property; name of the F-rune
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpéḱulivestock
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeḱ-to pluck; livestock; wealth

Words derived from “vêe

Every word from Proto-Indo-European peḱ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péḱuEvery word from Proto-Germanic fehu