Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōks

This Proto-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-Germanic

Etymology

From earlier *brāks, from Pre-Germanic *bʰrāg-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”). Cognate with Latin frangō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɔːks/
• Rhymes: -ɔːks

Noun

*brōks f

1. crotch; rear end, rump, hindquarters
2. leggings, pants, trousers

   Synonym: *husǭ

Inflection

Declension of *brōks (consonant stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	*brōks	*brōkiz
vocative	*brōk	*brōkiz
accusative	*brōkų	*brōkunz
genitive	*brōkiz	*brōkǫ̂
dative	*brōki	*brōkumaz
instrumental	*brōkē	*brōkumiz

Derived terms

• *þeuhabrōks
  • Proto-West Germanic: *þeuhabrōk

Descendants

• Proto-West Germanic: *brōk, *brōkō
  • Old English: brōc
    • Middle English: brek, breke, brech, breche, breech
      • English: breech, breeches, britches
        • → Irish: bríste
        • → Welsh: britis
      • Scots: breke, breik, breek, britchin
        • → Scottish Gaelic: briogais
  • Old Frisian: brōk
    • Saterland Frisian: Breek
    • West Frisian: broek
  • Old Saxon: brōk
    • Middle Low German: brôk
      • Low German: Brook
  • Old Dutch: *bruoc
    • Middle Dutch: broec
      • Dutch: broek
        • → Russian: брюки (brjuki)
  • Old High German: pruoh, bruoh, bruohha
    • Middle High German: bruoch
      • Alemannic German: Bruech
      • German: Bruch (obsolete)
• Old Norse: brók
  • Icelandic: brók
  • Faroese: brók
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brok
  • Old Swedish: brōk
    • Swedish: brok
  • Danish: brog
  • → Old Irish: bróc
    • Irish: bróg
    • Scottish Gaelic: bròg
    • Manx: braag
• → Transalpine Gaulish: *brāca
  • → Latin: brāca (see there for further descendants)