Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/brakkō

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Unknown; possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreHg- (“to stink, fart”), perhaps a borrowing.

Noun

*brakkō m

1. hunting dog, sleuthhound

Inflection

Masculine an-stem
	Singular
Nominative	*brakkō
Genitive	*brakkini, *brakkan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	*brakkō	*brakkan
Accusative	*brakkan	*brakkan
Genitive	*brakkini, *brakkan	*brakkanō
Dative	*brakkini, *brakkan	*brakkum
Instrumental	*brakkini, *brakkan	*brakkum

Descendants

• Old Frisian: brakka, brakko
• Old Saxon: *brakka
  • Middle Low German: bracke
    • German Low German:

      Westphalian:

      Bentheimisch, Dortmundisch, Westmünsterländisch: Bracke

• Old Dutch: *brakka
  • Middle Dutch: bracke, brac
    • Dutch: brak
• Old High German: bracko
  • Middle High German: bracke
    • German: Bracke