brock
English
/bɹɒk/, /bɹɑk/
noun
Definitions
- (UK) a male badger.
- (archaic) A brocket, a stag between two and three years old.
- (obsolete) A dirty, stinking fellow.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English brok inherited from Old English broc (foredeal, use, badger, advantage, profit) derived from Proto-Celtic *brokkos (badger).
Origin
Proto-Celtic
*brokkos
Gloss
badger
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- brockish English
- broccus Latin
- *brōkaz Proto-Germanic
- broc Old English
- brocc Old English
- brok Middle English
- broc Irish
- broc-chú Irish
- brocach Irish
- broch Welsh
- brochion Welsh
- brochod Welsh
- broc Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- *brokkos Proto-Celtic
- *brozdos Proto-Celtic
- brock Scots
- brocc Middle Irish
- brogh Cornish
- *brox Proto-Brythonic
- *brokkos Gaulish