Vechten
Dutch
Etymology
First attested as Fectione in the first half of the second century. Derived from the dative plural form of a hydronym cognate to Old Dutch vagar (“shining, clean”), Old Norse fagr (“shining, clean”) and Proto-Indo-European *pek- (“clean, cleanse”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: Vech‧ten
Proper noun
Vechten n
- A hamlet in Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.
References
- van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “vechten”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN