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

crotch, buttocks
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

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)

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]

brook, stream
Synonyms: *baki, *brunnō, *sīk, *straum
marsh
Synonyms: *fani, *sīk, *sump

Inflection

Neuter a-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brōk(a)
Genitive	*brōkas
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brōk(a)	*brōku
Accusative	*brōk(a)	*brōku
Genitive	*brōkas	*brōkō
Dative	*brōkē	*brōkum
Instrumental	*brōku	*brōkum

Descendants

Old English: brōc
- Middle English: brook
  - English: brook
  - Scots: broke, bruke
Old Frisian: brōk
- Saterland Frisian: Brouk
- West Frisian: broek
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
- Middle Dutch: bruec, broec, brouc, brouck, broek
  - Dutch: broek
Old High German: bruoh
- Middle High German: bruoch
  - German: Bruch
  - Luxembourgish: Bruch

References

^ Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brōka- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 78-79
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Kluge, Friedrich (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-”

[1] Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*brōka- 2”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 78-79

[EWddS-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Kluge, Friedrich (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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