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Where does “chioccia” come from?

chioccia (Italian) comes from Italian chiocciare, from Spanish cloquear, from Spanish -ear, from Latin -izāre, from Ancient Greek -ίζειν, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti — he, she.

chioccia (Italian): A broody hen ; a sitter; third-person singular...

Definitions

  1. A broody hen ; a sitter; third-person singular...

Ancestry of “chioccia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianchiocciareto cluck
2Spanishcloquearto cluck; to harpoon
3Spanish-earforms verbs from adjectives, nouns and some...
4Latin-izāre—
5Ancient Greek-ίζεινpresent active infinitive of -ίζω; -ize
6Ancient Greek-ίζωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
7Proto-Hellenic-íďďō—
8Proto-Indo-European-idyéti—
9Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
11Chichewaiyehe, she
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