Vechten
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst 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
edit- Hyphenation: Vech‧ten
Proper noun
editVechten n
- A hamlet in Bunnik, Utrecht, Netherlands.