veter
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈveː.tər/
noun
Definitions
- A lace string.
- (obsolete) A hawser, a chain, a cable.
- (obsolete) A chain, a bond, a fetter.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch veter inherited from Old Dutch *fetera inherited from Proto-Germanic *feterō.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*feterō
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- befetter English
- enfetter English
- fetter English
- fetterer English
- fetterless English
- fetterlock English
- unfetter English
- reet Dutch, Flemish
- reetveter Dutch, Flemish
- schoen Dutch, Flemish
- schoenveter Dutch, Flemish
- *feterō Proto-Germanic
- *feturaz Proto-Germanic
- feter Old English
- veter Middle Dutch
- *fetera Old Dutch