• 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    It might be -beek and -bek, due to Lower Saxon (Plattdeutsch) influence. -bruch/-bruck and -brück might also be relevant.

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      7 months ago

      Not might, it is this. -bruch, -bruck and -brück are something different though. While being related to the english “brook”, a Bruch is swampland. -bruck or -brück however indicate a bridge (like the German word for bridge, Brücke).