Wurdahuzdą: Proto-Germanic dictionary — *brūkizScott K. ShayWardja Presshttps://protogermanic.org/pgmc_brūkiz
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frūgīfrugal, worthy, honest, useful
adji-stemuseful, useableAn adjectival derivative of *brūkaną (‘to make use of’), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHg-i-s from root *bʰruHg- (‘to make use of’). Compare Latin frūgī (‘frugal, worthy, honest, useful’), from frūx (‘produce, crop, fruit’) from the same root.