coscia

See also: Coscia

Corsican

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Corsican coscia

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoʃʃa/

Noun

coscia f (plural coscie)

1. thigh

Italian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Italian coscia

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.ʃa/

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• Rhymes: -ɔʃʃa
• Hyphenation: cò‧scia

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Noun

coscia f (plural cosce)

1. thigh
2. leg (of chicken etc.)
3. either of the two ends of a bridge

Anagrams

• Isacco, acciso, occasi, occisa, saccio

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• coxa (aulic variant)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *koḱs-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂

Proto-Italic *koksā

Late Latin coxa

Sicilian coscia

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Proto-Italic *koksā, from Proto-Indo-European *kóḱseh₂, from *koḱs- (“joint, limb”) + *-eh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃ.ʃa/, [ˈkɔ.ʃːa]
• Rhymes: -ɔʃʃa
• Hyphenation: cò‧scia

Noun

coscia f (plural cosci)

1. thigh
2. leg (of chicken etc)

Derived terms

• cuscinu
• scusciata
• scusciatu

Related terms

• o cû pilu o senza pilu rapi i cosci ca tâ nfilu

Descendants

• → Maltese: koxxa