minhoca
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unknown. Attested since the early 1400s, as miucas, and cognate with Galician miñoca, Asturian milu and meruca; perhaps from *milocca, from a substrate language. If related to Proto-Celtic *mīlom (“animal”), then from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₁l- (“small animal”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -ɔkɐ
Noun
[edit]minhoca f (plural minhocas)
See also
[edit]Categories:
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Portuguese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)meh₁l-
- Portuguese terms with unknown etymologies
- Portuguese terms derived from substrate languages
- Portuguese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔkɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɔkɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Annelids