Brach

brach brách English Proper noun en. en commune in dept/Gironde r/Nouvelle-Aquitaine c/France. Luxembourgish Etymology Originally referring to a kind of bread soup made with soured milk. Hence from a variant of lb gmh brocke broken-off piece, especially of bread or the verb gmh brocken to break into pieces; compare de Brocken, de brocken, nl brok. If the -ch- is old, it may be due to hypercorrection (during the interaction of Frankish and High German influences), otherwise it may be a later adaptation to the related lb briechen to break, lb Broch fracture. The feminine gender probably from lb Mëllech milk and/or lb Zopp soup, perhaps from an underlying compound lb *Brachmëllech, lb *Brachzopp, the former of which is attested in adjacent dialects in Germany. Pronunciation lb /bʀaχ/ [bʀɑχ] lb ɑχ 1 Noun f - Brächelchen curdled milk, sour milk lb chiefly diminutive pieces of bread dipped in a liquid lb Dairy products Polish Etymology Possibly from pl brach, a derivative of pl brat. Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr pl m Declension Brachowie Brachów Proper noun f 1 Brachowa Brachówna pl f Further reading