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Where does “brik” come from?

brik (Serbo-Croatian) comes from English brig, from English brigantine, from Italian brigantino, from Italian brigante, from Italian -ante, from Latin -āns, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.

brik (Serbo-Croatian): brig

Definitions

  1. brig

Ancestry of “brik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbrigA two-masted vessel, square-rigged on both...
2Englishbrigantinea two-masted vessel, square-rigged on the...
3Italianbrigantinobrig, brigantine
4Italianbrigantebrigand, bandit; rascal; present participle of...
5Italian-anteUsed with a stem to form the present participle...
6Latin-āns—
7Latin-ns-ing; ending of the present active participle
8Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
9Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
10Hungarianönyou
11Hungarianön-self-
12Turkishönfront
13Ottoman Turkishاوك—
14Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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