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בראָק
‘crumb (diminutive)’

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ברעקל
'crumb (diminutive)'

ETYMOLOGY

OS brokko, Middle Dutch brocke, OHG brocko, MHG brocke, NHG Brocken; from PGmc ✱brukkan-, derived from ✱brekan- 'to break' (see ברעכן).
The final -n in NHG Brocken became usual from the 16th c., though there remained occasional brock, as in Yiddish.

WESTERN

Oyberland (West Transcarpathian)

brɛ́kləx ברעקלעך {WTCP, Berettyó-Újfalu, 47212}
- brɛ́kʲəlɛx ברעקעלעך

CENTRAL

Unterland (East Transcarpathian)

brɛkʲələx ברעקעלעך {ETCP, Sîg Felső Szek, 47223}

NORTHEASTERN

Lithuania

brɛkɫax ברעקלעך {LITHUANIA, Vilnius, 54257}