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brij.

porridge

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/brɛi̯/

  1. porridge

    masculine

  2. goop, muck

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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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