broec

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Noun

broec f

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

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

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