Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/bruki

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

From Proto-Germanic *brukiz.

Noun

*bruki m

1. break

   Synonym: *breku

Inflection

i-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*bruki
Genitive	*brukī
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*bruki	*brukī
Accusative	*bruki	*brukī
Genitive	*brukī	*brukkjō
Dative	*brukī	*brukim, *brukkjum
Instrumental	*brukī	*brukim, *brukkjum

Related terms

• *brekan

Descendants

• Old English: bryċe, briċe
  • Middle English: breche
    • English: breach
    • Scots: breach, breiche, bretch, breack
• Old Frisian: breke, bretse, breze
  • Saterland Frisian: Breek
• Old Saxon: bruki
  • Middle Low German: bröke, broke
    • German Low German: Bröök, Brook
      • → Swedish: bråk
      • → Danish: brøk
• Old Dutch: *bruki
  • Middle Dutch: brueke, brōke
    • Dutch: breuk
      • Afrikaans: breuk
      • Negerhollands: breek
      • → Indonesian: patahan (“fault”) (semantic loan)
      • → Indonesian: pecahan (“fraction”) (semantic loan)
      • → Papiamentu: breuk
• Old High German: bruh
  • Middle High German: bruch
    • German: Bruch
      • → Saterland Frisian: Bruch
    • Hunsrik: Bruch
    • Luxembourgish: Broch
    • Vilamovian: brüch
    • Yiddish: בראָך (brokh)