cavicchia
Italian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editcavicchia f (plural cavicchie)
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Friulian: cavicje