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/

Noun

*brōks f

crotch; rear end, rump, hindquarters
leggings, pants, trousers
Synonym: *husǭ

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

Proto-West Germanic: *brōk
- 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
- 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)
→ Proto-Finnic: *rook'ëh
- Finnish: ruoke