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Vechten

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Etymology

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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

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  • Hyphenation: Vech‧ten

Proper noun

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Vechten n

  1. A hamlet in Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands

References

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