N. brôg n. “bear” (Category: Bear)
A noun for “bear” in The Etymologies of the 1930s derived from primitive ᴹ✶morókō under the root ᴹ√MOROK (Ety/MORÓK), where the initial syllable reduced to m’rokō and then the initial mr became br.
Conceptual Development: A likely precursor to this word is ᴱN. gorch “bear” (also “fierce fighter”) from Early Noldorin Word-lists of the 1920s (PE13/145, 149).
References ✧ Ety/LIS, MORÓK; EtyAC/LIS
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| ᴹ✶morókō > brôg | [morókō] > [mrokō] > [brokō] > [broko] > [brok] > [brog] > [brōg] | ✧ Ety/MORÓK |