roca.
spinning distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
Meaning & usage
spinning distaff (part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun)
En cada terra seu uso, en cada roca seu fuso.
Where this word comes from
Perhaps from Gothic *𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌺𐌰 (*rukka); or, given its open stressed vowel, rather from a West Germanic cognate of it (compare Old High German rocko), from Proto-Germanic *rukkô. Cognate with Portuguese roca and Spanish rueca.
rock
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese roca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) borrowed from Old Catalan roca, from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of unknown origin. Doublet of rocha.
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