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broc, a badger, so Ir., E. Ir. brocc, W., Cor., broch, Br. broc’h, *brokko‑s: *bork-ko‑, "grey one"; root bherk, bhork, bright, Gr. 🇬🇷, grey, Lit. berszti, Eng. bright? Thurney&shy;sen cfs. the Lat. broccus, having project&shy;ing teeth, whence Fr. broche (from Lat. *brocca, a spike, etc.), a spit, Eng. broach, brooch; he thinks the badger was named broccos from his snout, and he instances the Fr. brochet, pike, as parallel by deri&shy;vation and analogy. If Gr. 🇬🇷, bite, is allied to Lat. broccus, the underly&shy;ing idea of broc may rather be the “biter”, “gripper”.