Re: Croatian dialect 'brek'


"Paul J Kriha" <paul.nospam.kriha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:42e5169c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> > Just an idle question - does anyone know the etymology of the Cakavian
> > dialect 'brek' meaning 'dog'?
>
> I don't know about Croatian etymology of "brek" = "pes".
> In Czech language, "Brok" is a very common dog mongrel's name.
> It is commonly used for dogs of uncertain genetical provenance.
> In some dialects/ideolects "brok" is used to refer to any mongrel
> dog in general.
>
> Perhaps "brok" and "brek" are related.
> Well the "brok" certainly is related to most of the other dogs. :-)
>
> "brok" also means "hailshot".

Is it related to 'bark' or perhaps just the noise of a dog?

Skraedder
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