Where does “roca” come from?

roca (Galician) comes from Gothic rukka, from Proto-Germanic rukkô, from Proto-Indo-European rukn-, from Proto-Indo-European ruk-.

roca (Galician): spinning distaff; rock

Definitions

  1. spinning distaff; rock

Ancestry of “roca”, step by step

roca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gothic rukka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothicrukka—
2Proto-Germanicrukkôspinning wheel, distaff
3Proto-Indo-Europeanrukn-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanruk-—

via Gothic ?????

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gothic?????—

Words derived from “roca”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ruk- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European rukn- →Every word from Proto-Germanic rukkô →