cavicchia
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)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Friulian: cavicje