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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Celtic *kroukā (“mound”), and hence a cognate of Old Irish cruach (“pile, heap”) and Icelandic hraukur (“pile, stack”), from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.
Pronunciation
Noun
croca f (plural crocas)
- tailhead
- sirloin; a cut of meat from the rump of an animal
- (informal) head
- dry chestnut
Derived terms
- crocar (“to become bent”)
- escrocar (“to harm the tailhead of an animal”)
References
- ^ Grzega, Joachim (2001) Romania Gallica Cisalpina etymologisch-geolinguistische Studien zu den oberitalienisch-rätoromanischen Keltizismen, Tübingen: M. Niemeyer, →ISBN, page 148 – via De Gruyter.
Latin
Noun
croca
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of crocum
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