Word Origin Summary

*bruoc is attested in Old Dutch. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• Brugakker

  Dutch · inherited from

• ibhulukhwe

  Xhosa · derived from

• bruku

  Sranan Tongo · borrowed from

• broek

  Afrikaans · inherited from

• broec

  Middle Dutch · inherited from

• Diemerbroek

  Dutch · inherited from

• Brucht

  Dutch · inherited from

• broek

  Dutch · inherited from

What You Can Explore

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• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root