rocca
See also: Rocca
Italian
Etymology 1
Ultimately from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language, or possibly from Medieval Latin rocca, from Vulgar Latin *rocca, of uncertain origin, possibly Celtic. Compare also French roche, Spanish roca. Alternatively from an alteration of roccia based on its plural, rocce.
Noun
rocca f (plural rocche)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[1]
Noun
rocca f (plural rocche)
- distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)
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References
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110
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- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian terms derived from Gothic
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