cavicchia
Italian
Etymology
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.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Friulian: cavicje
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