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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brōk
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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.
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]
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
References
- 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
- 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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