Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/brōks

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words 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/

Noun

*brōks f

rear end, rump, hindquarters
leggings, pants, trousers

Inflection

consonant stemDeclension of *brōks (consonant stem)
	singular	plural
nominative	*brōks	*brōkiz
vocative	*brōk	*brōkiz
accusative	*brōkų	*brōkunz
genitive	*brōkiz	*brōkǫ̂
dative	*brōki	*brōkumaz
instrumental	*brōkē	*brōkumiz

Descendants

Old English: brōc
- Middle English: brek, breke, brech, breche, breech
  - English: breech, breeches, britches
  - Scots: breke, breik, breek, britchin
Old Frisian: brōk
- Saterland Frisian: Breek
- West Frisian: broek
Old Saxon: brōk
- Middle Low German: brôk
  - Low German: Brook
Old Dutch: *bruok
- Middle Dutch: broec
  - Dutch: broek
    - Afrikaans: broek
    - → Russian: брюки (brjuki)
    - → Sranan Tongo: bruku
Old High German: pruoh, bruoh, bruohha
- Middle High German: bruoch
  - Alemannic German: Bruech
  - German: Bruch
  - Luxembourgish: Broch
Old Norse: brók
- Icelandic: brók
- Faroese: brók
- Norwegian: brok
- Old Swedish: brōk
  - Swedish: brok
- Danish: brog
→ Transalpine Gaulish: *brāca
- Latin: brāca (see there for further descendants)