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 (see there for further descendants)
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bruku
  • Negerhollands: broek, bruk
  • → Akawaio: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • → Lokono: boróko
  • → Kupang Malay: baruk, bruk
  • → Munsee: pălóok
  • → Papiamentu: bruki (from the diminutive)
  • → Pemon: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
  • → Russian: брюки (brjuki)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bruku (see there for further descendants)

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