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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brōk

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *brōks.

Noun

*brōk f

  1. legging, pants
    Synonym: *hosā
Inflection
Consonant stem
Singular
Nominative *brōk
Genitive *brōki
Singular Plural
Nominative *brōk *brōki
Accusative *brōku *brōki
Genitive *brōki *brōkō
Dative *brōki *brōkum
Instrumental *brōki *brōkum
Descendants

Etymology 2

Unknown; possibly a vṛddhi derivative related to *brakk (briny, brackish),[1] perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *mre-g-, *mer-g-, extension of *mer- (sea, lake, wetland).[2]

Noun

*brōk n[2]

  1. brook, stream
    Synonyms: *baki, *brunnō, *sīk, *straum
  2. marsh
    Synonyms: *fani, *sīk, *sump
Inflection
Neuter a-stem
Singular
Nominative *brōk
Genitive *brōkas
Singular Plural
Nominative *brōk *brōku
Accusative *brōk *brōku
Genitive *brōkas *brōkō
Dative *brōkē *brōkum
Instrumental *brōku *brōkum
Descendants
  • Old English: brōc
  • Old Frisian: brōk
  • Old Saxon: *brōk
    • Middle Low German: brôk
      • Low German:
        • German Low German: Brook
        • Westphalian:
          Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Brüöke
          Suerländer-Märkisch: Brüək
          Westmünsterländisch: Bröcke
      • Plautdietsch: Broak
  • Old Dutch: *bruoc
  • Old High German: bruoh
    • Middle High German: bruoch

References

  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013) “*brōka- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 78-79
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Bruch²”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 108:wg. *brōka-
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