brook

brook · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*bʰruHg-“to enjoy”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*brūkaną“to enjoy, use”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*brūkan
4. Old English · inherited frombrūcan“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”
5. Middle English · inherited frombrouken“to use, enjoy”
6. English todaybrook

From Middle English brouken (“to use, enjoy”), from Old English brūcan (“to enjoy, brook, use, possess, partake of, spend”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūkan, from Proto-Germanic *brūkaną (“to enjoy, use”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg- (“to enjoy”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian bruke (“to need”), Dutch bruiken (“to use”), German Low German bruken (“to need”), German brauchen (“to need”), Swedish bruka (“to use”), Icelandic brúka (“to use”).

brook · noun²

1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*brōk“stream”
2. Old English · inherited frombrōc“brook; stream; torrent”
3. Middle English · inherited frombrook
4. English todaybrook

From Middle English brook, from Old English brōc (“brook; stream; torrent”), from Proto-West Germanic *brōk (“stream”).

Brook · proper noun³

* As an English surname, from the noun brook. * As a north German surname, from Low German Brook (“swamp, marsh”), related to the above. * As a Dutch surname, Americanized from Broek, from broek, also related to the above. * As a Jewish and German surname, Americanized from Bruck, Bruch (from Bruch (“wetland, marsh”)).

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