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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
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
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