Brakke

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Definitions

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  1. 1
    A surname from Dutch.

Etymology

* As a Norwegian surname Brække, variant of Brekke. * As a Dutch surname, from Middle Dutch bracke (“bloodhound”), from Frankish *brakko, from Proto-Germanic *brak (“dog that hunts by scent”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₂g- (“to smell”).

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