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Germanic etymology :

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Proto-Germanic: *brakkēn
Meaning: hound
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Middle Dutch: bracke, brac `Spürhund'
Dutch: brak m. `speurhond'
Middle Low German: bracke `Spürhund'
Old High German: { bracko `Spürhund' }
Middle High German: bracke wk. m. 'spür- und spielhund'
German: { Bracke `Spürhund' }
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Indo-European etymology :

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Proto-IE: *bhrag(')-
Meaning: to smell, to track
Germanic: *brakk-an- m.
Latin: fragrāre `stark riechen, duften'
Russ. meaning: нюхать, идти по следу
References: WH
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Pokorny's dictionary :

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Number: 287
Root: bhrag- (besser bhrǝ-g-)
English meaning: to smell, scent
German meaning: `riechen'
Material: Lat. fragrō, -āre `stark riechen, duften', Denominativ eines *bhrǝg-ro-s `riechend'; ahd. bracko (nhd. Bracke), mnd. mnl. bracke `Spürhund' (daraus ital. bracco usw.), dazu mlat. barm-braccus `Schoßhund'; vgl. mhd. brǣhen `riechen' (*brē-i̯ō); also alles zur Wz. bhrē, oben S. 133.

    Fern bleibt gall. brāca `Hose'; s. unter bhreĝ-1 `brechen'.

References: WP. II 192, WH. I 540, Kluge11 unter Bracke.
Pages: 163
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