Masculine

brij

  1. (masculine) porridge
  2. (masculine) goop, muck

Frequency

32k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/brɛi̯/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch bri, from Old Dutch *brī, from Proto-West Germanic *brīw, possibly from Proto-Germanic *brīwaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréy-u-s ~ *bʰr̥y-éw-s, from *bʰr-ey-, from *bʰer- (“to boil”), cognate with Latin frīgō (“to roast”), Sanskrit भृज्जति (bhṛjjati, “to roast”).

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