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

1. A hamlet in Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “vechten”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN