cavicchia
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Italian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin clavicula via early syncope of unstressed intertonic /ŭ/ and then loss of the first /l/ via dissimilation from the second. Doublet of caviglia, borrowed from Occitan, and clavicola, borrowed from Latin.
Noun
[edit]cavicchia f (plural cavicchie)
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Friulian: cavicje