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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
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