rocca
See also: Rocca
Italian
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrocca f (plural rocche)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editrocca f (plural rocche)
- distaff (a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it)
References
edit- ↑ 1.0 1.1 rocca in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 110
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editUncertain; seemingly from a non-Indo-European substrate. First attested in a document from France dating to AD 767.
Noun
editrocca f (genitive roccae); first declension (Early Medieval Latin)
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rocca | roccae |
Genitive | roccae | roccārum |
Dative | roccae | roccīs |
Accusative | roccam | roccās |
Ablative | roccā | roccīs |
Vocative | rocca | roccae |
Descendants
edit- Balkan Romance:
- ⇒? Aromanian: arocut
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
References
edit- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “rocca”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 921
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*rŏcca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 10: R, page 440
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