croca
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Proto-Celtic *kroukā (“mound”), and hence a cognate of Old Irish cruach (“pile, heap”)[1] and Icelandic hraukur (“pile, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
croca f (plural crocas)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “croca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “croca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “croca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen[1], Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 148 – via De Gruyter.
Latin edit
Noun edit
croca
References edit
- croca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)