broec

broec

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

broec f

1. trousers, pants, breeches

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: broek
  • Afrikaans: broek
    • → Chichewa: buluku
    • → English: broekies
    • → Fanagalo: bluk
    • → Fwe: bù-rúkwè (via Lozi)
    • → Kalanga: burukwi
    • → Ndau: buruku (via an intermediary language)
    • → Nsenga: buluku (via an intermediary language)
    • → Shona: bhurukwa
    • → Swazi: emabhulukwe
    • → Tswana: borokgo
    • → Tumbuka: buluku (via an intermediary language)
    • → Xhosa: ibhulukhwe
    • → Yao: buluku (via an intermediary language)
    • → Zulu: ibhulukwe
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bruku
  • Negerhollands: broek, bruk
  • → Akawaio: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • → Arawak: boróko
  • → Kupang Malay: baruk, bruk
  • → Munsee: pălóok
  • → Papiamentu: bruki (from the diminutive)
  • → Pemon: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • → Russian: брюки (brjuki)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bruku
    • → Aukan: buuku
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: bruku
    • → Galibi Carib: puruku, puluka
    • → Saramaccan: buúku

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

Noun

broec m

1. low land, wetland, marsh

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: broek
• Limburgish: brook

Further reading

• “broec (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “broec (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “broec (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “broec (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II