The story
- Proto-Celtic · derived from*brokkos
- Celtic · derived from
- Old English · inherited frombroc“badger”
- Middle English · inherited frombrok
- English todaybrock
From Middle English brok, from Old English broc (“badger”), related to Danish brok (“badger”); both probably originally from a Celtic source akin to Irish broc, Welsh broch, Cornish brogh and thus ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brokkos.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishbroc all →
brookBrookfieldBrockleyBrooklandBrookinsGlazebrookFulbeck
Proto-Celtic*brokkos all →
broccoli
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.