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Middle Dutch boke "blow," Middle High German bochen "to slap," buc "blow," "stroke," Danish bask "hit"
[O]f unknown origin ; perh. related to an OTeut. *boki- ... but in this case the formation remains unexplained. It has also been compared to Danish bask blow, stripe, but no intermed. links have been found. (More probably it is of native English origin ...). ~ Sir J. A. H. Murray, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (1887)
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Asturian brazu, Portuguese braço, Galician brazo, Catalan braç, French bras, Italian braccio, Dalmatian braz, Aromanian brats, Romanian braț, Sardinian baltzu
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Asturian brazu, Portuguese braço, Galician brazo, Catalan braç, French bras, Italian braccio, Dalmatian braz, Aromanian brats, Romanian braț, Sardinian baltzu
Latin brevis "short," "brief" (see breve).
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Portuguese breve, Galician breve, Catalan breu, French bref, Italian breve
Gothic maurgus "short," Old High German murgi 'id.,' Middle Dutch mergelijc, Old English myrige "pleasing," "brisk" (English merry)
Ancient Greek βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús) "short" (see brazo)
Sanskrit múhu "suddenly," Avestan mərəzu 'id.'
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Navarre beruezo, La Rioja brozo
Asturian berezu, gorbizu (< *go-brizu), (Palacios del Sil) bouza "thicket," Galician breixo, Old French bruiere
Welsh grug "heather," Old Irish freoch "heather," Gaelic fraoch 'id.'
Russian véres "heather," Slovene vrẹ̑s "heather," Polish vřes "heather," Lithuanian vìržis "heather," Latvian vir̂zis 'id.'
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Asturian (Palluezu) brillante, Portuguese brilhante, Galician brillante, Catalan brillant, French brillant, Italian brillante
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