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Where does “osca” come from?

osca (Galician) comes from Gaulish osca — notch.

osca (Galician): spiral notch in the spindle; slit, cleft

Definitions

  1. spiral notch in the spindle; slit, cleft

Ancestry of “osca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishoscanotch
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