Etymology

broski

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Today it means: A trusted male friend. Full definition →

English bro ← Middle English brother ← Old English brōþor
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰréh₂tēr
  2. Proto-Germanic*brōþēr
  3. Proto-West Germanic*brōþer
  4. Old Englishbrōþor
  5. Middle Englishbrother
  6. Englishbrotherclip.
  7. Englishbro
  8. English todaybroski

From bro + -ski.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.