brzëczka

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Kashubian

Etymology

Uncertain. Boryś refutes a connection to Proto-Slavic *brečьka, given that Kashubian ë can only result from *i, *y, or *u, instead suggesting brëcza +‎ -ka, where the r changed to rz via assimilation to cz.[1]

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Noun

brzëczka f

  1. mud on a road
  2. thin, poorly made butter

References

  1. ^ Wiesław Boryś, Hanna Popowska-Taborska (1994) “břëčka”, in Słownik etymologiczny Kaszubszczyzny, volume 1, →ISBN, page 150

Further reading

  • Sychta, Bernard (1967) “břëčka”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 76