rocca
See also: Rocca
Italian
Etymology 1
Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɔk.ka/[1]
- Rhymes: -ɔkka
- Hyphenation: ròc‧ca
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the older form rocca, from Gothic rukka, 𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (rukka), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô, compare Old High German rocko.[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrok.ka/[1]
- Rhymes: -okka
- Hyphenation: róc‧ca
References
- 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
Latin
Etymology
Uncertain; seemingly from a non-Indo-European substrate. First attested in a document from France dating to AD 767.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | rocca | roccae |
Genitive | roccae | roccārum |
Dative | roccae | roccīs |
Accusative | roccam | roccās |
Ablative | roccā | roccīs |
Vocative | rocca | roccae |
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- ⇒? Aromanian: arocut
- Italo-Romance:
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Catalan: roca
- Gascon: arròca
- →? Basque: arroca
- Occitan: ròca, ròcha
- Old French: roche, roque (see there for further descendants)
References
- 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 (in German), volume 10: R, page 440
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