Where does “brøki” come from?

brøki (Greenlandic) comes from Danish brøk, from English brock, from Middle English brok, from Old English broc, from Proto-Germanic brōkaz, from Proto-Indo-European mreg-, from Proto-Indo-European mer- — to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland.

brøki (Greenlandic): fraction

Definitions

  1. fraction

Ancestry of “brøki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Danishbrøkfraction
2Englishbrocka male badger; A brocket, a stag between two and...
3Middle Englishbrok—
4Old Englishbrocstream, brook
5Proto-Germanicbrōkazbrook, stream; marsh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmreg-marsh
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmer-to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mer- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mreg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic brōkaz →