Where does “Rocca” come from?

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

Rocca (Italian): fortress, stronghold

Definitions

  1. fortress, stronghold

Ancestry of “Rocca”, step by step

Rocca traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Gothic rukka

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

via Ecclesiastical Latin rocca

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ecclesiastical Latinrocca—

Words derived from “Rocca”

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