Where does “brôk” come from?

brôk (Middle Low German) comes from Old Saxon brōk, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk — crotch, buttocks.

Ancestry of “brôk”, step by step

brôk traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Saxon brōk

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Saxonbrōk—
2Proto-West Germanic*brōkcrotch, buttocks

via Proto-Germanic brūkiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicbrūkizuseful, useable
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰruHg-to make use of; have enjoyment of

Words derived from “brôk”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *brōk →Every word from Old Saxon brōk →